Islamic State militants launched a wide-scale coordinated assault on several military checkpoints in Egypt's North Sinai on Wednesday in which 50 people were killed, security sources said, the largest attack yet in the insurgency-hit province. Egyptian army F-16 jets and Apache helicopters...

(Translation by Yusra Ahmed) A new diplomatic document appeared in WikiLeaks showed that Saudi supported the Syrian file in the Arab Summit in Baghdad 2012. A letter was sent from the Minster of Foreign Affairs in Saudi Arabia, Saud Al Faisal, to the Secretary-General of the Arab League, Nabil...

 Syrian air force on Tuesday killed at least 15 civilians, including a child, in raids on al-Saleheen neighborhood in the northern city of Aleppo, Zaman al-Wasl reporter said. Barrel bomb attacks have also targeted al-Ansari neighborhood, leaving dozens wounded. the aerial campaign...

 The gunman who killed 38 tourists in Tunisia received weapons training from jihadis in Libya, a top official said Tuesday, as the president admitted security services were unprepared for the attack. On Friday, a student identified as 23-year-old Seifeddine Rezgui pulled a Kalashnikov...