Russia blocked a British-drafted UN Security Council statement condemning the Syrian government attacks on the city of Aleppo, diplomats said. It was the second time in a month that Russia objected to a western bid to slam President Bashar al-Assad's air assault against Syria's biggest...

It was confirmed today that militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) have summarily executed three media activists: Qutaiba Abu Yunus, Sultan Al-Shami and Amin Abu Muhammad, who were all members of the Ana Souri Assembly, in Aleppo.  The late...

  The headquarters of al-Qaeda-linked jihadist group, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), in the main northern city of Aleppo has been seized by fighters from several Syrian rebel brigades. “Fighters from several Islamist rebel brigades took control of the...

  A Yemeni intelligence officer was seriously wounded when his car exploded on Tuesday in the main southern city of Aden, a security official told AFP. The attack is the second in a week against an intelligence officer in Aden after suspected al-Qaeda gunmen killed...