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Wikileaks publishes over 60,000 Saudi diplomatic cables

 WikiLeaks is in the process of publishing more than 500,000 Saudi diplomatic documents to the Internet, the transparency website said Friday, a move that echoes its famous release of US State Department cables in 2010, AP reported.  WikiLeaks said in a statement that it has already...

Syrian rebels set eyes on divided Aleppo

Syrian insurgents say they have begun a campaign to capture full control of the divided city of Aleppo, Syria's most populous city before it become a main battleground in its four-year-old civil war. Neither side has been able to control Syria's main commercial hub, 50 km from Turkey, since...

Syria pro-regime tribes reject Jordanian king's support

Representatives of some of Syria's leading pro-government tribes Friday rejected support from Jordan's King Abdullah II against ISIS, accusing him of backing "terrorists." Their comments came after the Jordanian monarch, in a meeting with tribal leaders in his country, pledged to support tribes...

Putin reaffirms Russia's support for Syria's Assad

President Vladimir Putin reaffirmed Russia's support for Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad on Friday and said he opposed any use of external force to try to end the Syrian civil war. Putin showed no sign of wavering in his policy of trying to shield Assad from pressure from the West in a 4...