(Reuters) - Syria's al Qaeda-affiliated Nusra Front and other Sunni Muslim militants fought during the night to capture two Shi'ite villages in the country's north but were repelled, activists on both sides of the war and a monitoring group said on Friday. The insurgents were...

(Reuters) - Prominent Syrian opposition figure Mouaz Al Khatib said on Friday he had turned down an invitation to a Moscow meeting with Syrian government officials, in a further blow to Russian efforts to find a solution to the Syrian conflict. "We decided to decline ... this is because...

(Reuters) - Al Qaeda militants in Syria are plotting attacks to inflict mass casualties in the West, possibly against transport systems or "iconic targets", the head of Britain's MI5 Security Service said on Thursday. Speaking after gunmen killed 12 people in an assault on...

The French satirical magazine bloody attacks that happened Wednesday and killed 12 people, including the editor of the weekly magazine and two police officers, sparked anger and fury in France and across the world Thursday. Politicians and people around the world held...