(Reporting by Faris Al Rifai; Translation by Dani Murad) (Zaman Alwasl)- For many years, even before the current conflict, torture and ill-treatment were consistently reported in regime’s prisons, and detainees were often held beyond the...

(Translation by Yusra Ahmed) Zaman Alwasl- Key foreign jihadist groups in Syria are planning to merge in one front to face the growing power of the Islamic State, rebel source says. Al mujahedeen army, al Muhajereen Army (Immigrants army)...

Israel's cabinet has accepted an Egyptian proposal for a ceasefire to end a week of conflict in Gaza that has killed 192 Palestinians, but the Palestinian group Hamas has not officially reacted. The office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the cabinet met...

(Reuters) - Al Qaeda's North African wing has rejected the mediaeval-style caliphate declared by a militant Islamist group in Iraq and Syria, and confirmed its allegiance to al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri, according a statement posted on social media. The group calling...