A car bomb detonated Friday morning in the Kurdish-populated northern Syrian town of Qamishli. The suicide bombing left at least 6 people dead and 10 others injured, Al-Mayadeen network reported. Meanwhile, Russia Today said that the car bomb hit near a...

A Republican U.S. senator touring the Middle East this week got access to Saudi royals that some in the State Department at times, lately, could only dream of. That includes a three-hour session ending at 3 a.m. with Prince Bandar bin Sultan, the kingdom’s intelligence chief and...

Al-Qaeda main branch In Syria claimed responsibility for Tuesday’s suicide bombing in central Damascus, Jabhat al-Nusrah has confirmed in statement posted online. Activists reported 4 people have been killed and 17 others have been wounded on Tuesday after a...

The United States sees value in getting to know Islamist militias in Syria, in order to better understand their intentions in the civil war there and their possible links with al Qaeda, the top U.S. military officer said on Wednesday. General Martin Dempsey, chairman of the U.S. Joint...