Dozens of activists have rallied outside Jordan's parliament, calling on legislators to repeal a provision that allows a rapist to escape punishment if he marries his victim. Parliament is to vote on the proposed change to the penal code on Tuesday. A royal reform committee has...

The transfer of thousands of Syrian militants and refugees from Lebanon's border region to northwestern Syria was delayed to Tuesday from Monday, a military media unit run by Lebanese Shi'ite group Hezbollah said. It said the delay was to allow for "logistical measures", including the...

The Saudi-backed Yemeni government will not allow its Houthi foes to keep the Red Sea port of Hodeidah, the information minister said, underlining its intention to remove the vital aid delivery point from the control of the Iran-aligned group. The United Nations has proposed that Hodeidah,...

A senior Iraqi general predicted a relatively easy victory for his forces in the upcoming battle for the Daesh (ISIS) haven of Tal Afar as up 2,000 fighters and their families there are "worn out and demoralized." Less than one month after declaring victory in the city of Mosul, Iraqi forces...