The Syrian army is edging its way towards southeastern Aleppo as it battles rebel fighters for control of the northern city, a monitor and a pro-government daily said Tuesday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said it was a "limited advance" but the first by government troops in...

The Islamic State of Iraq and The Levant (ISIL) said never rejected the proposal of the  Saudi preacher Abdullah bin Mohammed al-Moheisini  for reconciliation, The Victorious Party In the Land of Ash-Sham, jihadist group, said in a statement posted online....

Egypt's toppled President Mohammed Morsi has arrived in Cairo for start of his trial Tuesday over charges he and some 130 others face for prison breaks during the country's 2011 revolution, the state news agency reported. MENA reported that Morsi flew by helicopter from Borg al-Arab...

In a statement on Monday, the Islamic State of Iraq and The levant (ISIL) dismissed the “Umma Initiative” for reconciliation, saying it was “fighting those who fight it, taking revenge from and curtailing the power of those who have wronged it without any hesitation.”...