Turkish President Abdullah Gul Sunday vowed to protect the Suleyman Shah Tomb in Syria if it comes under attack, a media report said. "Some countries have lands outside their homelands. Suleyman Shah Tomb is our land outside Turkey. We will protect it just as we defend our...

Former member of Syrian ruling family's inner circle gives first direct account of how shabiha paramilitaries were ordered to kill and torture opponents of the regime A former Assad regime insider has given the first direct account of how Syria's ruling family created the feared...

Tens of thousands of Palestinians rallied in Gaza on Sunday to show support for their Islamist Hamas government, which has long been at loggerheads with  Israel  but is now shunned by  Egypt  as well. The military-backed government that toppled the Muslim...

A commercial oil tanker seized by U.S. forces after it loaded crude at a Libya port held by anti-government rebels has docked back in the capital Tripoli, a Reuters witness said on Sunday. U.S. special forces boarded the tanker a week ago off Cyprus, days after it left Es Sider...

The search area for a missing Malaysian jetliner in remote seas off  Australia  was widened on Monday after French satellite images revealed potential "floating debris" several hundred kilometers north of pictures previously captured by U.S. and Chinese satellites....

Four skimming boats surrounded a partially submerged barge on Sunday at the entrance to the Houston Ship Channel, working to clean up fuel spilled from the vessel into Galveston Bay after a Saturday collision with a cargo ship, according to a Reuters eyewitness. The Houston Ship...

  The head of a Syrian paramilitary force and cousin of President Bashar Assad died Sunday in clashes with rebels near the coastal city of Latakia, sources inside Syria said. Syrian state media confirmed reports that Hillal Assad, head of the National Defense Forces,...

Rifts over foreign policy will likely make it harder for Arab leaders meeting at a summit this week to forge a common stand on regional challenges, including what many of them see as a threat from Iranian-U.S. rapprochement. And while the Arab League meeting may agree more humanitarian...

   Turkish fighter jets shot down a Syrian warplane Sunday after it violated the country's airspace, Turkey's prime minister said, in a move likely to ramp up tensions between two countries already deeply at odds over Syria's civil war. A spokesman for Syria's military...

“Countering Violent Extremism …. Extremists’ map in Syria “. A study made by Ark organization and Zaman Alwasl obtained a copy of these documents. The study which consists of 32 pages, concentrates on 3 organizations, which are: al-Nsura Front, The Islamic State of Iraq...

Hours-long clashes overnight in a Beirut neighborhood between supporters and opponents of Syrian President Bashar Assad killed one person, prompting Lebanese troops to deploy in the area on Sunday to calm tensions. The gunmen — from rival Sunni groups — exchanged gunfire and...

Renting allowance raised to unprecedented level in Lebanon, proportioned with numbers of Syrian refugees in the country. According to latest official figures by the UNHCR, it is estimated that number of Syrians in Lebanon has hit a million, in other word, there is a Syrian...

Bashar al-Assad’s top commander in Aleppo has been killed on Saturday with other 25 soldiers, activists reported.  Brig. Gen Sameea Abbas was the commander of the Republican Guards, mostly formed of Alawites, in Aleppo. Activists say that rebels keep...

Syrian troops launched a counteroffensive Saturday in an attempt to regain a border crossing point with Turkey a day after it fell in the hands of rebels led by members of an al-Qaida-linked group, activists and state media said. The rebel capture of the Kassab crossing point in the...

Heavy fighting convenes between the Islamic State of Iraq and as-Sham near Kobane (Ayn-Al-Arab) in northeast Syria. ISIS has been attacking the area from three directions: Jarablus to the west, Sarrin to the south, and Tal Abyad to the east. The latest report of fighting comes from...

  Militants of Al Qaeda splinter group, the State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)   have reportedly crucified a man in Raqqa in northern Syria after shooting him in the head. Activists said the man had been accused by the radical group of theft and deliberate...

The Assad regime  has accused Turkey of direct involvement  in “terrorism”, following the launch of an insurgent offensive in Latakia Province in western Syria. The Islamic Front, the largest insurgent bloc, announced the start of the offensive on Friday. Opposition...

Unidentified gunmen have kidnapped a Tunisian diplomat in Tripoli, Tunisia's foreign minister said on Saturday, one of a string of diplomatic abductions in the Libyan capital this year. Three years after Libya's revolt to topple Muammar Gaddafi, the North African country is...

Two Shi'ite Muslim Houthi tribal fighters and a soldier were killed in Yemen on Saturday in renewed clashes in the northern province of Amran, local officials told Reuters. Elsewhere disgruntled tribesmen bombed Yemen's main crude export pipeline, forcing oil flows to be stopped....

  A veteran dissident and head of democratic bloc in Syria’s opposition National Coalition denied claims saying that Ahmed Jarab will extend his presidential term to be one year.  Michel Kilo quoted his bloc member and NC leader, as saying, “I will never change...