Violence in Iraq surged in 2013 to its worst level in five years, fuelled by widespread discontent among the Sunni Arab minority and Syria's civil war, figures released Wednesday showed. Bombs tore through markets, cafes, football fields and mosques, militants assaulted prisons, police...
Sunni Muslim fighters clashed on Thursday with Iraqi troops trying to regain control of two western cities, in a serious escalation of their confrontation with the Shi'ite-led government of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki. Tension has been running high in the Sunni-dominated province of...
The opposition Syrian National Coalition has condemned the killing of Dr. Hussein al-Suleiman, also known as Abu Rayyan, by the Islamic State in Iraq and Th e L e vant in Tel Abyad in Raqqa Province. Suleiman, a member of the insurgent faction Ahrar...
Top officials of the main two opposition groups in Syria, western-backed National Coalition and Russian-backed National Coordination Body, had met in Cairo since two weeks to bolster dialogue between and boost their cohesion ahead of Geneva 2, well-informed source told Zaman...
