Al Qaeda’s Syria wing backed by Islamist rebels on Monday have launched a major military operation in the northern countryside of Aleppo,   seeking to recapture villages were controlled by Syrian regime forces early this month, activists said....

(Reuters) - The European visitors strolling Tunisia's Hammamet resort are an encouraging sign for a government determined to minimize the fallout of last week's shooting of 20 tourists in the nearby capital. But there is anxiety about the future in the five-star hotels, trinket...

 Islamic State fighters attacked a military airport in Syria's Homs province on Monday as they pushed on with an offensive against government strongholds towards the west, a monitoring group said. Skirmishes by Islamic State -- which is strongest in the northeast and east -- into the...

(Reuters) - Insurgent groups in Syria have carried out scores of indiscriminate attacks that have killed and maimed civilians in violation of the laws of war, a Human Rights Watch report said on Monday. The report said armed groups could not point to abuses by government...