The Syrian regime and key ally Russia have agreed to support a UN proposal to suspend fighting in the battered northern city of Aleppo, Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem said. Muallem's remarks, reported by state news agency SANA, followed a meeting between President...

BEIRUT  (The Daily Star) : The Nusra Front threatened Thursday to execute one of the 26 Lebanese captives being held by jihadis on the northeast border unless Lebanon releases a female terror suspect within 24 hours. “This is the final warning for negotiations to start...

  (Zaman Al Wasl-Arab News)- At least 500 Haj pilgrims from Syria have refused to return home after completing the pilgrimage citing the ongoing political unrest and have appealed for asylum in the Kingdom. Saudi authorities did not prosecute the...

(Reuters) - An American, a Briton and a South African were among several hostages Yemeni forces sought to free from al Qaeda this week, the defense ministry said on its website, describing a raid that a U.S. defense official said also involved U.S. special forces. In Monday...