Death toll of Syrian regime troops fighting ISIS in northern Aleppo province has reached 60, well-informed source told Zaman al Wasl Saturday. Fighters of the ultra-hardline Islamic State group took control of a section of road southeast of Aleppo on Friday, threatening the regime army's...

US Secretary of State John Kerry said Saturday that Israel has agreed on steps to calm tensions over Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque, at the centre of Palestinian unrest, including 24-hour security cameras. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was to announce details of the measures...

Gunmen shot dead an Islamist candidate in Egypt's parliamentary elections in North Sinai on Saturday, officials said, where jihadists are waging an insurgency against the government. Mostafa Abdel Rahman, a candidate for ultraconservative Salafist Al-Nur party which is seen as...

 Syria's Western-backed opposition on Saturday rejected a Russian offer to assist them against ISIS and dismissed Moscow's call for new elections. "Russia is bombing the Free Syrian Army and now it wants to cooperate with us, while it remains committed to Assad? We don't understand...