Cairo (AFP) - Egypt's presidency said Thursday that Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim, who spearheaded a brutal crackdown on supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi, had been replaced along with seven other ministers. The removal of Ibrahim, who was appointed by Morsi, follows...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syria’s opposition leader Khaled Khoja has met with French President Francois Hollande on Thursday in Paris amid efforts to bolster the stand of the National Coalition as the international support declines, sources said....

(Reuters) - Islamic State militants have set fire to oil wells in the Ajil field east of the city of Tikrit to try to hinder aerial attacks aimed at driving them from the oilfield, a witness and military source said. Black smoke could be seen rising from oil field since...

(Reuters) - With Syria's civil war spilling across its borders and Islamic State militants beheading captives in their self-declared caliphate, it is little wonder Syrian movies have had pride of a place at an independent film festival in Turkey . One of them, "Silvered...