Lebanese security forces briefly arrested five youths, including three minors, for allegedly pulling down a sign for the president's political party, sparking outrage Sunday on social media. Defence lawyers said the five were taken into custody on Saturday evening in the town of Hammana...

While noisy protests rage on Iraq's streets, in the backrooms of power political leaders are quietly hashing out ways to keep their posts and the huge financial rewards they bring. The demonstrations rocking the capital and Shiite-majority south since early October are the biggest...

Iran will severely punish "mercenaries" arrested over a wave of street violence that erupted after a sharp hike in fuel prices, a Revolutionary Guards commander warned Sunday. The Islamic republic says it has restored calm after the unrest that broke out on November 15, hours after the...

Security forces opened fire on protesters in the southern Iraqi city of Nassiriya late Saturday, killing at least three people, police and medical sources said. Protesters had gathered on three key bridges in the city, and security forces used live ammunition and tear gas canisters to...