Syrian rebels have made a progress in the industrial zone of Sheikh Najjar near Aleppo city against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), Zaman Alwasl reporter said. Since a fortnight, the Syrian Revolutionaries Front and the nascent Mujahedeen Army, the...

Kuwait's emir pledged on Wednesday $500 million for Syrians stricken by almost three years of civil war. Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Sabah made the pledge at an international donor conference in Kuwait city attended by U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Delegates...

After crushing the Muslim Brotherhood at home, Egypt's military rulers plan to undermine the Palestinian militant group Hamas, which runs the neighboring Gaza Strip, senior Egyptian security officials told Reuters. The aim, which the officials say could take years to pull off,...

  6 Rebel groups in Eastern Ghouta of Damascus have pledged allegiance to al-Qaeda-linked group, Al Nusra Front, Jihadist websites reported. Analysts considered the merger as a strong sign that NF is occupying more influence against the radical group, the State of Iraq...