(AFP)- The US-led coalition against the Islamic State jihadist group carried out a series of air strikes overnight in the embattled Syrian town of Kobane, a monitor and activists said Sunday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also reported intensifying clashes between...

Saudi capital Riyadh would host a summit of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) leaders this week in a bid to end a diplomatic rift between Qatar on one hand and Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Bahrain on the other, two Gulf newspapers reported Sunday. Saudi Asharq Al-Awsat...

(Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates has formally designated the Muslim Brotherhood and local affiliates as terrorist groups, state news agency WAM reported on Saturday citing a cabinet decree. The Gulf Arab state has also designated Nusra Front and the Islamic State, whose...

  (Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian rebels on Saturday thwarted an attack by regime's armed forces on the eastern region of Qalamoun Mountains, pressing slow advances in the desert area of historic Palmyra city east Homs, activists said. Backed by Islamist...