Two Katyusha rockets hit Baghdad's fortified Green Zone, Iraq's state news agency reported early on Sunday citing security forces. One rocket was destroyed in the air by the C-RAM defense system and the other landed near the zone's festivals arena damaging two cars, the report added....

Inside Jordan, Ali is a foreigner from the Gaza Strip. But outside, he is regarded as a Jordanian. “How?” the 35-year-old asks. “I’m stuck in between; not here, nor there.” Although he was born and raised in Jordan, Ali does not have Jordanian citizenship. His ID says he is a...

Lebanese Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi on Wednesday ordered the deportation of non-Lebanese individuals affiliated with the Wefaq Society, an organization outlawed by Bahrain. The minister sent a letter to the country's General Directorate of General Security requesting "all measures be...

The European Union imposed sanctions Monday on a group of private Russian military contractors it accuses of fomenting violence and committing human rights abuses in the Middle East, Africa and Ukraine. EU foreign ministers agreed to slap asset freezes and travel bans on eight people...