U.S.-backed Syrian rebel group says assault on ISIS imminent
A Syrian rebel group which is part of a new U.S.-backed alliance that also includes the Kurdish YPG militia announced on Thursday plans for...
EgyptAir plane crash remains suggest blast on board
Human remains retrieved from the crashed EgyptAir flight suggest that there was an explosion on board the plane, although no traces of explosives have...
Jihadists looking to Egypt’s Sinai for new home base
After crushing blows in Iraq and Syria, global jihadists could be eyeing Egypt's Sinai Peninsula as a new home base, the army said Thursday,...
Russia to hold key Syria talks with Saudi Arabia , U.S., and Turkey
The top diplomats from Russia, the United States, Saudi Arabia and Turkey will hold talks on the war in Syria Friday, after Moscow thrust...
Governor of Aden survives car bomb attack in Yemen
The governor of the southern Yemeni city of Aden survived a car bomb attack targeting his convoy on Friday, security officials and eyewitnesses said.
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Syria army bombs splintered Ghouta enclave as bodies pile up
New air strikes and barrel bombs pounded Syria's Eastern Ghouta on Sunday as government forces pressed a three-week advance that splintered the rebel enclave...
Turkey court jails MP niece of PKK chief Ocalan
A Turkish court on Thursday handed the MP niece of the jailed leader of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), Abdullah Ocalan, a...
Iran to issue verdicts in trial over storming of Saudi embassy
Iran's semi-official ISNA news agency says verdicts are to be handed down in 10 days for suspects on trial over the storming of Saudi...
Mother killed in Saudi Arabia by twin sons fleeing to Syria, sparks debate
Driven by radical beliefs, twin brothers allegedly killed their mother in Saudi Arabia after she tried to stop them from joining Islamic State in...
ISIS says will fight Saudi ground troops
Islamic State (ISIS) says it will fight any Saudi ground intervention in Syria and that Saudi action might add to complications but would not...
