Syrian regime army backed by National Defense militia (NDF)l has aunched a major assault early Saturday on Sansil and Jawalak frontlines north of Homs city. A fierce fighting reported on the strategic districts in the northern countryside of Homs, activists told Zaman al Wasl. The northern...

On Oct. 18, Egypt began the first phase of parliamentary elections, but many voters shunned the balloting and turnout is estimated at a measly 15 percent . Most Egyptians seem to have decided that the election results are a foregone conclusion, with a new parliament that will kowtow to...

Turkey is preparing for tens of thousands more refugees from Syria as government forces and Russian warplanes pound opposition-held areas, and officials said many would try illegally to get to Europe. Syrian government troops and their allies, backed by Russian jets, launched an...

Islamic State fighters took control of a section of road southeast of Aleppo on Friday, threatening the Syrian army's only supply route into the city, a group that monitors the civil war said. Islamic State captured parts of a road running between the towns of Khanaser and...