MURSITPINAR, Turkey (AP) — Kurdish fighters have been able to halt the advance of the Islamic State extremist group in the Syrian border town of Kobani, where the U.S.-led coalition has been carrying out airstrikes for more than two weeks, activists said Sunday. The coalition,...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- People of al-Bukamal town on the border with Iraq said fighters of the Islamic Sate of Iraq and Sham have confiscated properties of Syrian expatriates who work in Gulf Arab states in respond to the participation of Gulf fighter jets in...

  ISTANBUL (Zaman Al Wasl)- A well-informed source said the head of caretaker government will lead the new interim government due to Turkish-Qatari consensus. The ongoing meetings of key opposition group National Coalition since three days...

(Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon flew to Tripoli on Saturday to urge the warring factions fighting for control of Libya to make peace, in the highest-level visit since an armed faction took the capital in August. Oil producer Libya is struggling with two...