(Reuters) - Syrian Kurdish fighters have halted an advance by Islamic State fighters to the east of a predominantly Kurdish town near the border with Turkey , a spokesman for the main armed Kurdish group said. "Fierce clashes are still under way but the ISIS (Islamic State)...

(Reuters) - Qatar remained adamant it would host the 2022 soccer World Cup despite a FIFA Executive Committee member suggesting on Monday that the tournament would have to move because of scorching temperatures. "The only question now is when, not if," Qatar 2022 communications...

(Reuters) - Iraqi soldiers described on Monday how Islamic State fighters inflicted heavy losses in a chaotic raid on a military base just an hour's drive from Baghdad, highlighting the jihadists' ability to attack high-profile targets despite U.S. air strikes. Soldiers,...

n">(Reuters) - Apple Inc said it sold more than 10 million iPhones in the first weekend after its new models went on sale on Friday, underscoring strong demand for phones with larger displays. Chief Executive Tim Cook said the company could have sold even more iPhone 6...

(Reuters) - French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Monday his nation would not launch air strikes against Islamic State (IS) militants based in Syria despite having bombed a suspected target of the group in northern Iraq last week. Islamic State is a hard-line Sunni...

(Reuters) - Islamic State urged its followers on Monday to attack citizens of the United States, France and other countries which have joined a coalition to destroy the ultra-radical group. Islamic State spokesman Abu Muhammad al-Adnani also taunted U.S. President Barack Obama...

(Reuters) - Yemen's Shi'ite Houthi fighters tightened their grip on the capital Sanaa on Monday after seizing much of the city in a lightning advance and signing an overnight deal to win a share of power, capping a decade-long guerrilla uprising. The Zaydi Shi'ites, who make...

Germany will not arm Syrian Kurdish forces fighting ISIL because of the risk of weaponry falling into the wrong hands, the country’s foreign ministry said. "The risk of the seizure of German weapons by the ‘wrong’ groups is way too big,” Deputy Spokeswoman Sawsan...

  (Zaman Al Wasl) – Douma, the rebel-held city northeast Damascus, have witnessed on Monday the first protest against rebels, urging them to leave the embattled city to avoid more killing of civilians by regime troops who claimed striking rebel...

(Zaman Al Wasl) – A powerful car bomb killed senior rebel commander of U.S.-backed Hazm movement In Idlib province on Monday, source told Zaman al-Wasl. Khaled Ahmed, head of security battalion of Hazm movement, was killed when unknown group...

CAIRO (Reuters) - Islamic State urged insurgents in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula on Monday to press ahead with attacks against Egyptian security forces and beheadings, a call likely to deepen concern over ties between the militant groups. Egyptian...

More than 130,000 Syrian refugees fleeing ISIL have crossed into Turkish territories since Friday, Turkey's Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus said Monday. Kurtulmus was attending a symposium on Turkish-Japan relations at the Ankara-based think...

ALEPPO (Zaman Al Wasl)-   Workers of Civil Defense in rebel-held Aleppo city carried out a sit-in on Sunday, protesting salaries’ delay by Opposition’s Interim Government.   Civil Defense ‘soldiers’, mostly university students and human...

  Hania, Greece (A Jazeera) - When Doa al-Zamel and her fiance embarked on a voyage across the Mediterranean in an Egyptian fishing trawler, they felt their dream was coming true. "We were going to be married in Italy, and then we would live in Europe - we...

Translation by Dani Murad (Zaman Al Wasl)- A Saudi Islamic preacher and a big supporter to the Syrian revolution, revealed what he called an “ IS’s penetration of the Syrian brigades” referring to “espionage agents” recruited by the Islamic State in the ranks of Assad’s...

KUCUK KENDIRCILER, Turkey (AP) — The number of refugees seeking shelter in Turkey from the Islamic State group's advance across northern Syria has hit 100,000 in less than a week, an official said Sunday. The head of Turkey's disaster management agency, Fuat Oktay, said the figure...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — As the Islamic State group battles across Syria and Iraq, pushing back larger armies and ruling over entire cities, it is also waging an increasingly sophisticated media campaign that has rallied disenfranchised youth and outpaced the sluggish...

Syrian-Turkish Borders (Zaman Al Wasl) At least 2000 families fled northern countryside of Hama province to Syrian refugee camps on the Turkish border as heavy clashes between Islamist rebel groups and regime armed forces enter second month....

(Zaman Al Wasl) – Commander of Eastern Ghouta rebels mourned in statement posted online, killing of senior commander in Douma, the rebel-held city northeast Damascus on Sunday. Zahran Alloush, the commander Islam Army and United Military Command of...

(Reuters) - Iran is ready to work with the United States and its allies to stop Islamic State militants, but would like to see more flexibility on Iran's uranium enrichment program, senior Iranian officials told Reuters. The comments from the officials, who asked not to be...