Syrian troops retreated as regime warplanes bombarded Al Qaeda-led rebel fighters on Friday, a day after the insurgents overran the last government-held city in the key northwestern province of Idlib. Opposition forces now control the vast majority of Idlib after Al-Nusra Front and its allies in the Army of Conquest captured Ariha and
Images and video footage allegedly showing trucks belonging to Turkey's state intelligence service carrying weapons en route to jihadist rebels in Syria were published Friday in a Turkish daily. The Turkish government has vehemently denied earlier claims that it is arming rebels fighting in Syria and accused dozens of prosecutors, soldiers and security officers
The toll from car bombs that ripped through the car parks of two upscale Baghdad hotels has risen to at least nine dead and dozens wounded, officials said on Friday. Terrorists were able to bring the bombs, which exploded just before midnight on Thursday and were heard across the city center, inside the walled
With most of its natural and mineral resources having fallen under rebel control, Syrian state revenues have shrunk, leaving the government dependent on unstable sources of income for its survival. Four years of conflict have decimated the state coffers, reports AFP. Now the government's only revenues are drawn from dwindling customs and income
A rebel coalition led by Al Qaeda's Syrian affiliate edged into the last remaining government-held city in the northwest province of Idlib on Thursday, a monitoring group said. The lightning offensive saw the Army of Conquest, or Jaish al-Fatah in Arabic, enter outer districts of Ariha within a matter of hours, the Syrian Observatory
A senior Iranian official Thursday rejected the idea of a Syria no-fly zone, which Turkey wants, saying it would be "a mistake" and would not restore security to the region. "Talk of the establishment of a buffer and no-fly zone is the repetition of previous mistakes and will not help with security and stability
Iraq has exhumed the remains of 470 people believed to have been executed by Islamic State terrorists near Tikrit last year in what is known as the Speicher massacre, the health minister said Thursday, AFP reported. "We have exhumed the bodies of 470 Speicher martyrs from burial sites in Tikrit," Adila Hammoud said at
A terrorist who was freed from an Israeli prison in the 2011 Shalit deal and exiled to Turkey was recently seen on Palestinian Authority (PA) television urging Palestinian Arabs to continue fighting Israel until “our entire land is liberated”. The female terrorist, Amna Muna, in January of 2001 lured 16-year-old Ophir Rachum to Ramallah,
France’s Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius on Wednesday said that France will not sign off on a deal with Iran if it rules out inspections of its military sites as part of the final agreement. “France will not accept a deal if it is not clear that inspections can be done at all Iranian installations,
The Islamic State (ISIS) group on Wednesday executed 20 men in front of a crowd in the UNESCO-listed Roman theater of Syria's ancient city of Palmyra, a monitor told AFP. Nearly a week after seizing the strategic city, ISIS gathered 20 men they accused of fighting for the regime in the ruins of the
