(Zaman Alwasl)- Syrian rebels on Friday took control of two strategic villages in Hama province as regime warplanes rocked towns the western northern countryside in response, activists and monitoring group said. Activists said controlling...

Militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS or ISIL) seized two key towns and several villages in Syria’s Aleppo province on Wednesday after routing rival fighters, opposition groups and activists said. The capture is the latest victory for...

(Reuters) - A Saudi father gave his ex-wife the shock of her life when he informed her he was taking their 10 and 11 year-old-sons to join Islamist militants in Syria , telling her to count them as "birds in heaven", Saudi-owned media reported. The pan-Arab al-Hayat...

King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia discussed developments in Syria, Iraq, Gaza and Libya with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, during Sisi's first visit to his regime's powerful ally since winning May elections. Sisi flew to the Red Sea city of Jeddah late on Sunday and held...