Islamist rebels in Eastern Ghouta district near Damascus have released three hostages, including mother and son, after 17 months of captivity, rebel group and Husband said. On Wednesday, the Islamic Union of Ajnad al-Sham active, in statement posted online, said the release of Helena...

At least 30 Kurdish militants on Wednesday have been killed when a suicide bomber affiliated to the Islamic State detonated his car in PYD bases in northern city of Hasakah, Zaman al-Wasl reporter said. ISIS' car bomb stormed one of Kurdish Democratic Union's bases in al-Kallasa neighborhood...

 Hundreds of members of the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood have returned from exile, hoping to rebuild a movement which was crushed decades ago at home and is deemed a terrorist organization by leading Arab states. Membership of the Brotherhood remains punishable by death in Syria more than 30...

The Egyptian military Wednesday shot dead three Palestinian gunmen who infiltrated through a smuggling tunnel in the Sinai town of Rafah on the border with Gaza, security officials said. They said the "armed Palestinians" and the military clashed in a buffer zone established along the border....