Forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad have firmly seized the momentum in the country's civil war in recent weeks, capturing one rebel stronghold after another and triumphantly planting the two-starred Syrian government flag amid shattered buildings and rubble-strewn streets....

The visit Massoud Barzani, head of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in northern Iraq, will pay on Saturday to Diyarbakir with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is being debated in the media.   The arguments made are miles away from explaining the...

 violence against Christian minorities is now a "global crisis" as worshippers are driven out of their ancient homelands by militants, a senior minister warns Christianity is in danger of becoming extinct in its ancient homelands because of a rising tide of sectarian attacks, a...

A well-placed EA correspondent reports heavy clashes on Friday. Hezbollah, Shia militias, and shabiha, pro-Assad militia, are involved as well as the Syrian Arab Army. The Army is primarily taking care of logistics and providing air support. The military is also carrying out...