(Reuters) - A monitoring group said on Saturday Syrian government forces and allied militants killed 48 fighters and family members during last week's offensive against opposition-held areas in Aleppo province, but the army denied it. "I deny completely such an act that cannot be...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Al-Qaeda’s Syria wing Nusra Front backed by Islamist rebels on Friday have taken full control of Hardatneen village in the northern countryside of Aleppo, arresting 8 militants loyal to Bashar al-Assad, activists said....

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syria's opposition group the National Coalition issued new procedures related to the financial supervision and administrative control for its institutions and embassies, Zaman al-Wasl source said. The Coalition’s general commission...

(Reuters) - British police launched an appeal on Friday to trace three London schoolgirls who are believed to be making their way to Syria , having flown to Turkey earlier this week. The three friends, two aged 15 and one 16, left their east London homes on Tuesday and...

Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) denied information reported in Zaman al-Wasl’s article said the key Palestinian group had formed a militant group loyal to Bashar al-Assad to operate inside the...

Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in the strip continue to suffer from shortages of food, housing and medicine in the ongoing siege on Gaza by Israel and the continued closure of the Rafah border by Egyptian force.  Those with more dire medical conditions are also...

A Swedish freelance journalist is reportedly missing in an ISIL-controlled area in Syria, after failing to return home at the beginning of this week.  Swedish daily newspaper Expressen reported Friday that the unidentified journalist is in his 30s and has been out of touch...

At least 47 people were killed – including three Egyptians – in three suicide bombings that rocked Libya's eastern city of Al-Qubbah on Friday, a Libyan military spokesman has said. "The death toll has risen to 47, including three Egyptians and two Sudanese nationals," Ahmed...

(Reuters) - The United States and Turkey signed an agreement on Thursday to train and equip moderate Syrian opposition fighters, and Ankara will provide an equal number of trainers to work alongside their American military counterparts, a U.S. official said. The deal with...

Death toll from a twin  suicide blast  on Friday that targeted a  hotel  in Mogadishu has risen to 12 people, including a minister and the two perpetrators, according to a security source. Seaports Minister Nur Hersi and Daljir Party chief...

Jerusalem was hit by heavy snowfall on Friday, leading to the closure of public transportation, schools and universities. Schools across Jerusalem were closed after the holy city was blanketed by some 25 centimeters of snow.   Roads leading to Jerusalem were blocked while...

U.S.-led coalition and Iraqi forces plan to launch an operation in  Mosul  as early as April to retake the city from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, or ISIL, a U.S. official said Thursday. U.S. troops have been engaged in a months-long...

The number of internally displaced families fleeing conflict in  Iraq  has reached 521,000 according to a government official on Friday. “The last statistic shows 521,000 internally displaced families. More than 2.6 million internally displaced persons exist if the average...

Reporting by Mohamed al-Hussein; Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- Christian community was extremely provoked after arresting the prominent religious figure Gabriel Dawood and his bodyguards in the Christian neighborhood in the city of...

(Reuters) - Yemen's feuding parties have agreed on a "people's transitional council" to help govern the country and guide it out of a political crisis, U.N. mediator Jamal Benomar announced on Friday. The move follows the takeover of power by the Houthi movement, a Shi'ite...

Reporting by Faris al-Rifai; Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- Many activists of the General Authority for Palestinian Refugees within the Interim Government have collectively resigned as a protest against violations within the Authority...

(Reuters) - A senior Egyptian diplomat on Thursday accused Qatar of supporting terrorism after Qatar recalled its ambassador from Cairo in a dispute over Egyptian air strikes on Islamic State targets in Libya . Egyptian jets bombed sites in Libya on Monday hours in response to...

(Reuters) - Militants claiming loyalty to Islamic State have seized the university in the central Libyan city of Sirte, residents said on Thursday, days after a video showed them staging a convoy parade. Islamist militants have made inroads into parts of the North African...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Islam Army’s media center said 30 members of the Syrian regime army were killed by the rebel group in Tal Kurdi district near Damascus on Thursday. The media center posted online footage showing bodies of slain soldiers, reportedly...

(Reuters) - Islamic State militants have entered Turkey and are plotting to attack diplomatic missions in Ankara and Istanbul, Turkish media on Thursday quoted the national intelligence agency (MIT) as saying. Around 3,000 militants from the ultra-radical group in Syria and...