"Isis is brainwashing children to murder their own parents": Raqqa escaped Child soldier reveals
The extent to which Isis is brainwashing children in its self-declared Islamic caliphate has been revealed by a young escapee who claimed commanders told...
Saudi King Salman marks first year in power
When Saudi Arabia's king Abdullah died a year ago on Saturday, his subjects expected their country to keep a steady course under new King...
UN rights monitor on Palestinian territories quits over lack of access
The UN expert on the human rights situation in the occupied Palestinian territories resigned Monday, complaining that Israel had never granted him access to...
Turkey, Russia face conflicts over Syria’s push into Idlib
By ZEYNEP BILGINSOY
ISTANBUL (AP) — Ankara and Moscow are again facing an escalation of violence in Syria's last rebel-held territory, a development that puts...
Sudan ditches Iran for Saudi patronage
When Saudi Arabia executed a leading Shi'ite cleric and protesters responded by torching the Saudi embassy in Tehran, Sudan was one of only three...
ISIS tightens grip on Syrian government road to Aleppo
Islamic State (ISIS) fighters were reported to have tightened their grip on a Syrian government supply route to Aleppo on Tuesday as the army...
Sectarian hate takes root as Yemen anti-Houthi forces push on Sanaa
Mohsen Saleh al-Muradi does not just want to drive the Shi'ite Houthi fighters out of Yemen's capital 130 km (80 miles) from his home...
Furious but powerless, Turkey left smarting by Russian action in Syria
Turkey may be furious about Russian incursions into its air space but beyond words of protest there is little it can do, with its...
Sectarian hate takes root as Yemen anti-Houthi forces push on Sanaa
Mohsen Saleh al-Muradi does not just want to drive the Shi'ite Houthi fighters out of Yemen's capital 130 km (80 miles) from his home...
Murky dealings : Does Turkey really get its oil from Islamic State?
The Russian President, Vladimir Putin, has suggested that the decision by Turkey to shoot down a Russian military aircraft a week ago was "dictated...
