(Reuters) - Kurdish fighters' expulsion of Islamic State forces from the Syrian town of Kobani helped stop the momentum of the Islamist group but is not a significant turning point in the overall campaign, a senior State Department official said on Tuesday. The setback for...

President Barack Obama arrived in Riyadh on Tuesday at the head of a heavyweight delegation including senior U.S. officials to meet the new Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz. King Salman greeted Obama, who was accompanied by First Lady Michelle Obama, soon after Air Force One...

(Reuters) -  Syria  has raised fuel prices, cutting back on lavish subsidies, to quell a thriving black market that has led to anti-corruption protests in areas of strong government support. Worsening fuel and electricity shortages have sparked sometimes violent protests...

Translation by Yusra Ahmed HOMS (Zaman Al Wasl)- A former member of the political security, An alawite from Homs, revealed details about the “Shiite Crimes” in the city. In his letter to Zaman al-Wasl he expressed his wish to reveal information...