With estimates of up to 11,000 foreign fighters in Syria, Western powers are increasingly worried about the potential national security threat posed by returning fighters. But in a country more than 14,000 kilometres from the frontline, Syria's civil war is also playing out in...

UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan is "well" after an operation last month following a stroke, his brother said on Monday. "We went through a tough time but we have overcome that," said Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed, who is crown prince of Abu Dhabi. "Sheikh Khalifa, may...

Wissam Sara, father of two children and the son of the prominent Syrian non-violent opposition figure Fayez Sara, was tortured to death today in the detention centre of the Syrian Military intelligence in Damascus. He was detained in Damascus 2 months ago, the British-based...

  A double bomb attack in Aleppo carried out by al-Qaeda-affiliated group, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), claimed the lives of at least 16 Syrian rebel fighters on Sunday, an NGO said. An ISIS fighter blew himself up at the headquarters of an Islamist...