Syrian regime forces on Friday broke into the eastern Deir al-Zor province for the first time since 2014, a monitor said, after seizing territory from ISIS. Government forces control part of Deir al-Zor city and the adjacent military airport, but ISISholds the vast desert province and most...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Syrian regime and the U.S.-led airstrikes have killed 6 civilians in central Homs province on Friday as fighting escalates against the Islamic State in territory near the Syrian desert, local activists said. Three people were killed by regime strikes in the northern...

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has pardoned 502 prisoners before the Eid al-Fitr holiday, including prominent businessman Hesham Talaat Moustafa, who is accused of the slaying of Lebanese pop star Suzanne Tamim. Security sources said that among those pardoned was Hesham Talaat...

The U.N. Human Rights Council on Friday decided to send a group of experts to the Democratic Republic of Congo to help investigate an explosion of deadly violence in the Kasai region. A council resolution called on the U.N. rights office to dispatch a team of international experts to help...