. Southern Front rebels on Tuesday thwarted ISIS attack on al-Lajat border region with Jordan, Alweyat al-Omary group said in time supporters of the radical Islamist group claimed gains by controlling three villages east of Daraa city. Rebel sources and activists assured an ISIS bid to control...

 Sepp Blatter on Tuesday resigned as president of FIFA as a mounting corruption scandal engulfed world football's governing body. The 79-year-old Swiss official, FIFA president for 17 years and only reelected on Friday, said a special congress would be called as soon as possible to...

Russia Tuesday urged a U.S.-led coalition fighting against ISIS to coordinate their air raids with the Syrian government, warning that jihadis could go "very far" if not stopped. "It is absolutely clear to me it was a mistake - still is - not to coordinate the air strikes with the activities of...

ِAl Qaeda's Syria wing, the Nusra Front, has executed sons of a tribe leader over charges of cooperating with Syrian regime army in northern Idlib province, activists said Tuesday. Nayef and Abdulhai, sons of Sheikh Nouri Nawaf al-Jerkh, head of al-Hadedeyin tribe, were beheaded after being...