Militants in Syria have carried out two separate terrorist attacks in central city of Hama and northern province of Raqa, leaving dozens dead and wounded.
At least 50 Americans have joined the mix of extremist groups in Syria, warning that some could try to mount terrorist attacks at home, US intelligence officials say.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has said that Israel aims to establish a terrorist-controlled area along the Golan border.
A former Bahraini lawmaker says the Al Khalifa regime is trying to blame the opposition for a recent deadly bombing, despite knowing that Qatar was behind it.
UN investigators have, for the first time, accused Syrian foreign backed militant groups of committing crimes against humanity.
Lebanese Speaker Nabih Berri said Wednesday that he would be flexible during upcoming policy statement talks if his rivals did the same, while insisting that including the resistance in the political blueprint was a matter of principle.
Militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) have continued their destruction of religious sites and ultra-conservative behavior, according to a monitoring group and news reports.
The Syrian army has targeted a large and important gathering of foreign-backed militants in Aleppo and killed scores of them, al-Alam correspondent says.
Damascus says that at least seven Syrian security forces and several civilians have been wounded in a number of attacks carried out by the Israeli army from the occupied Golan Heights.
An Iranian official has denied an Israeli report that Tehran had sent "advanced weaponry" for Palestinian fighters in Gaza on a ship intercepted by Israel in the Red Sea.