The death toll from an air strike by U.S.-led forces on the northern Syrian province of Aleppo on Friday has risen to 52 including seven children, a group monitoring the conflict said on Saturday. U.S. and Arab forces have been carrying out almost daily air raids against hardline Islamist...

(SNHR)- The Syrian Network for Human Rights has documented the death of 1884 individuals by government forces in notable rise from the last month of almost 550 victims, distributes as follow: a. Civilians: Government forces killed 1519 civilians including 269 children (9 children...

(By Lama Shammas; Translation by Yusra Ahmed) A “Security card” is the latest invention of the Syrian regime for people live in Damascus, which protects its owner from being humiliated and annoyed at the regimes barriers.  Fees for getting the Security Card is $.600 are paid in...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 11 people on Friday have been killed in Syrian air strikes on northern city of Aleppo. Zaman al-Wasl reporter said 11 civilians were killed in barrel-bomb attack on al-Saliheen neighborhood of Aleppo. Death toll of barrel bombs in Aleppo reached 225...

 Lebanon to expect a wave of refugees heading borders from the predominantly Alawite Latakia, Bashar al-Assad's hometown as Islamist rebels press more advances in Syria's northwestern province. Nada Abdelsamad, Lebanese journalist, said on her official Twitter account  as...

(Reuters) - A demonstration by Israeli Jews of Ethiopian origin against police brutality turned violent on Thursday, with police using water canon to keep angry crowds away from the prime minister's residence. At least 13 people were injured and two police officers and five protesters...

(Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's Supreme Economic Council has approved a restructuring of state oil company Saudi Aramco [SDABO.UL] that includes separating it from the oil ministry, Al Arabiya television channel reported on Friday, citing sources. There are no indications that the move will...

Islamist rebels and Syrian army troops on Thursday were engaged in heavy fighting in Syria's northwestern Latakia province in areas close to President Bashar al Assad's ancestral home, the army and rebels said. An army source told state news agency SANA fighter jets hit...

The head of the Syrian opposition National Coalition called on the United States Thursday to help set up safe havens inside Syria in areas under rebel control. Meeting with US Secretary of State John Kerry at the State Department, coalition president Khaled Khoja thanked the...

Nour ed-Din al-Zinki Islamist group, active in Aleppo, has exempted its general leader Tawfeeq Shihab al-Din, the Shura council said in statement Thursday. The rebel group said Shehab el-Din has special health conditions makes him unable to keep his post. The Shura council has appointed Ali...

(Reuters) - Hardline Islamists fighting side-by-side with groups backed by the United States have made gains in northern Syria in recent weeks while showing rare unity, which some fear may be short-lived. An Islamist alliance calling itself Army of Fatah, a reference to the...

When the late King Abdullah appointed his half-brother, Moqren bin Abdul Aziz, as deputy crown prince last year, he added an unusual rider. The decree stated: “Nobody can change this decision”. Well, his successor King Salman just has. I wrote at the time of the decree : “ There...

(Reuters) - Britain has informed a United Nations sanctions panel of an active Iranian nuclear procurement network linked to two blacklisted firms, according to a confidential report by the panel seen by Reuters. The existence of such a network could add to Western concerns over whether...

Reuters) - Iraq is poised to deploy Shi'ite paramilitaries backed by Iran to Sunni tribal areas west of Baghdad, a move supporters say is needed to defeat Islamic State militants but opponents say could inflame more sectarian violence. Shi'ite paramilitaries have already played a...

n">(Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 6.9 struck off Papua New Guinea on Thursday, 154 km south of Rabaul, at a depth of 85 km (53 miles), the United States Geological Survey reported. There were no immediate reports of damages or casualties. Rabaul, a town on East New...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 8 people on Thursday have been killed in Syrian air strikes on Mare' town in the north of Aleppo, activists said.  Activists said two families were killed in a vacuum missile launched by Syrian warplanes on the town of Mare'.  Bashar...

 The hardline Ahrar al-Sham group in Syria and other insurgents seized a crossing in the southwest frontier area near Israel on Thursday from a small group of rival Islamist fighters, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said. If confirmed, the capture would...

(Translation by Yusra Ahmed)  Many intelligence reports revealed close follow-up of Syrian regime to the air strikes of U.S.-led Coalition against the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq and other hard-liners Islamist groups. The air strikes targeted bases of the...

JABER CROSSING, Jordan (AP) — Jordan's overland trade has largely been paralyzed by recent border attacks from insurgents in neighboring Syria and Iraq — a spillover of regional turmoil threatening a close Western ally that has thus far succeeded in fending off Islamic militants....

Fatah Army on Wednesday has seized control of al-Joma military base, pressing hard to capture the own of Ariha and al-Mastoma camp, activists said Wednesday. Zaman al-Wasl reporter said the alliance of Islamist groups including the Nusra Front, has engaged in heavy fighting with Syrian...