ALEPPO, SYRIA, Sammy Ketz- Indifferent to the sniper fire and shelling around him, the owner of the oldest hotel in Syria's Aleppo sits gloomily in the storied property he has been forced to close....

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN- The producer of a viral video showing a Syrian boy rescuing a girl under gunfire apologised Sunday after the revelation it was fake drew fierce criticism. "We stand for our good...

BEIRUT, LEBANON, Sara Hussein with W.G. Dunlop in Baghdad- US President Barack Obama condemned as "pure evil" the Islamic State's beheading of American aid worker Peter Kassig after the group...

PARIS, FRANCE, Michel Moutot- Countries around the globe are experimenting with de-radicalisation programmes to deal with the threat of jihadists returning from the wars of the Middle East, but...

AMMAN, JORDAN, Mussa Hattar- Jordan's tough stance towards Israel over Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque reflects a determination to preserve its custodianship of the flashpoint site as well as its own...

CAIRO, EGYPT- Rights group Amnesty International urged Egypt Friday to release dozens of mostly Palestinian refugees who have fled the Syrian conflict, saying they were being held illegally and...

BAGHDAD, IRAQ, W.G. Dunlop- The Islamic State group released a defiant audio recording Thursday it said was of chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, after air strikes on jihadist leaders in Iraq sparked...

TRIPOLI, LIBYA- Two car bombs struck near the shuttered Egyptian and United Arab Emirates embassies in Libya's militia-controlled capital within minutes of each other Thursday, an AFP correspondent...

UNITED NATIONS, US- The UN Security Council on Wednesday urged Lebanon's parliament to quickly choose a new president to bolster stability as war rages across the border in Syria. Lebanon has been...