(Reuters) - With Lebanon's most powerful political parties funded and often directed by regional powers, the country has for decades been affected by events in the Middle East. But extraordinary chaos is exploding around the tiny Mediterranean state and Lebanon's leaders...

(Reuters) - Egypt's most dangerous militant group on Friday posted its first video message since pledging allegiance to Islamic State, with footage purporting to show that the group was behind one of the most deadly attacks on Egyptian security forces in years. The nearly...

Translation by Yusra Ahmed   (Zaman Al Wasl)- The Islamic state of Iraq and Syria said al-Nusra Front and other Islamist groups are apostate groups, rejecting a proposed truce by foreign jihadist to halt...

Flavien Moreau, the first French militant to return from Syria, has been sentenced to seven years in jail as The Paris Criminal Court handed down the maximum penalty Thursday, concluding the trial that began on Oct. 17. Another French national Djebbar Farid, 26, was...