At least 52 Egyptian police officers have been killed in an ambush by Islamist fighters near the Bahariya oasis in the country's Western Desert, security and medical sources said Saturday, in a rare flare-up outside the Sinai Peninsula. The interior ministry said security forces hunting...

An Egyptian security official says 14 policemen have been killed in a shootout with militants southwest of Cairo. The official says the exchange of gunfire took place on Friday in the al-Wahat al-Bahriya district in the Giza governorate, about 135 kilometers, or 84 miles, from the...

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Iran’s military chief met with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Thursday during a visit to Damascus to set out a joint military strategy, Syria’s state news agency reported, a sign of deepening Iranian influence that has alarmed Israel. General Mohammad Baqeri...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Firas Mustafa Tlass, Syrian business tycoon, has been arrested on Tuesday by the UAE security over working as a broker between ISIS and the giant Cement group LafargeHolcim including oil and toxic gas purchases, sources told Zaman al-Wasl. Maher Sharaf...