The scale of the Syrian tragedy is immense. The story is often reduced to numbers: deaths, refugees, sick and wounded. Behind these figures are real people. Rabab Sabbagh, an early revolutionary from Homs, is relatively privileged; she has a job and lives in a proper...

(Reuters) - Former army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi was sworn in as president of Egypt on Sunday in a ceremony with low-key attendance by Western allies concerned by a crackdown on dissent since he ousted Islamist leader Mohamed Mursi last year. Last month's election, which...

(Translation by Yusra Ahmed) Zaman Alwasl obtained a copy of the agenda for the Authority of the General National Syrian conference for the independent National decision, while preparing for its foundation conference. A source from inside...

The shadowy leader of thousands of Islamist fighters in Syria and Iraq, appears to be surpassing al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri as the world’s most influential jihadist. Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) — known for its ruthless tactics and...