BEIRUT (Reuters) - Islamic State, the al Qaeda splinter group which has seized parts of Syria and Iraq, has told activists in Syria's Deir al-Zor province they must swear allegiance to it and submit to censorship, a monitoring group said on Friday. The militant group imposed...

By Al Hussein Al Shishakli; Translation by Dani Murad A document obtained by Zaman Alwasl confirmed a meeting that took place between the Vice President of the interim government, Iyad Qudsi and an important political figure who until today is...

Al Jazeera- The powerful Islamic State group has reportedly withdrawn from several villages dominated by a Sunni tribe in Syria's eastern Deir Ezzor province after clashes with tribal fighters. Fighters of the self-declared jihadist group were pushed out from Abu Hamam,...

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel bombarded the southern Gaza town of Rafah on Saturday as troops searched for an officer they believe was captured by Hamas in an ambush that shattered a humanitarian cease-fire and set the stage for a major escalation of the 26-day-old war....