Egypt's interim president, Adly Mansour has announced that Egypt will hold presidential elections before parliamentary, changing a political "road map" laid down after the army overthrew Mohamed Morsi last summer. The long-expected change could pave the way for the swift election of...

“Because his wife wasn't wearing a veil when they were walking in the city of Raqqa, he was arrested by the State of Iraq and The Levant,” Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported. Another man has been arrested due to sitting in front of his house...

A group linked to al Qaeda, emboldened by its recent victory over rival rebels in Syria, has imposed sweeping restrictions on personal freedoms in the northern province of Raqqa as it seeks to consolidate control over the region. The ISIL radicals have...