40 militants from the Iranian-backed militias, Hezbollah and Abu al-Fadhel al-Abbas have been killed in rebels' ambush near the Shiite Shrine, Sayyedah Zeinab in Damascus suburbs.   Hezbollah have been battling alongside Syrian regime forces in an attempt to...

 When Saudi Arabia's veteran foreign minister, Prince Saud al-Faisal, made no annual address to the United Nations General Assembly last week for the first time ever, his unspoken message could hardly have been louder. For most countries, refusing to give a scheduled speech would count...

The head of the Syrian opposition coalition’s interim government, Ahmad Tohmeh, has aired his thoughts on the U.S.-Russian deal to destroy the Syrian regime’s chemical stockpile within a year. In an interview with Al Arabiya, Tohmeh said the deal was reached between the two parties in a...

Deposed president to stand trial on November 4 with 14 others over killings of protesters outside his palace last year. The trial of Egypt's deposed President Mohamed Morsi on charges of inciting the murder of protesters will start on November 4, the official MENA news agency...