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...

    A suicide bomber blew himself up in a passenger van in Beirut’s southern district of Choueifat on Monday, killing at least two people, the state news agency reported. Interior Minister Marwan Charbel said the suicide bomber was trying to reached the Hezbollah...