The U.S. on Thursday designated a leading Lebanese Hezbollah commander as a terrorist who the State Department says has been operating in Syria and reportedly in Yemen. Haytham ‘Ali Tabataba’i, also known as Abu ‘Ali Al-Tabataba’I, commanded Hezbollah’s special forces, the...

 Rebel violations mean there is "no ceasefire" in Yemen, the spokesman for the Saudi-led coalition said on Thursday, the first day of a truce under a UN plan. "There is no ceasefire at all," Major General Ahmed Assiri told AFP. Huthi rebels and their allies had breached the truce...

(The Daily Star)- The fighting around the Iraqi city of Mosul has forced 5,640 people to flee their homes in the last three days, the International Organization for Migration said on Thursday, most of them in the last 24 hours. Read More: Syria regime says east Aleppo ceasefire has...

(The Daily Star)- Egypt has decreed a cut of up to 20 percent in government expenditure, a move its prime minister says is needed to set an example to follow during a biting economic crisis. A Cabinet statement issued Thursday says the government also has decreed a 50 percent cut in the...