Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan Monday condemned Israel's decision to ramp up settlements in the West Bank as an "absolute provocation." Israel announced plans last month for 3,000 more settlement homes in the occupied West Bank. It has also retroactively legalized about 4,000 settlement...

A Saudi-led coalition has declared Yemen's Hudaida city a military zone, urging civilians in the Houthi-held Red Sea port to stay in their homes, days after the United Nations warned that airstrikes could trap civilians and hamper aid efforts. The military coalition of mainly Gulf Arab...

(The Independent)- The Secretary-General of the United Nations has said the fight against extremists in Syria needs a political solution.  Antonio Guterres also said any solution in the battle against terrorists in the region will need the support of the Syrian people.  The...

The Lebanese Hezbollah movement strongly supports the Syria ceasefire agreed upon in Kazakhstan and any truce that could lead to a political solution, its leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said on Sunday. Russia and Turkey brokered a shaky ceasefire in December between rebel groups and the...