Egyptian jets bombed Islamist militant targets for three hours on Saturday, one day after Islamic State guerrillas killed 12 soldiers in North Sinai province, the armed forces said in a statement. Islamic State claimed responsibility on Friday for the attack on a checkpoint 40 km (25 miles)...

(BBC)- New talks are set to start in Switzerland as the US and Russia try to broker another ceasefire in Syria. US Secretary of State John Kerry and Russia’s Sergei Lavrov are meeting delegates from Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Iran and Qatar in the city of Lausanne. Since the collapse of a...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Three civilians have been killed and 16 more wounded in regime air strikes on the besieged northern countryside of Homs city, local reporter said Saturday. The regime fighter jets conducted 8 raids on the towns of Talbiseh, al-Ghanto, Um Sharshouh and al-Farhaniya. The...

At least 11 people were killed in a suicide bombing that targeted Shias in the Iraqi capital Baghdad on Saturday, according to a local police officer.  A bomber blew up his explosive vest inside a mourning tent in Baghdad’s northern al-Shaab district, Zahir al-Aaraji told Anadolu...