Riyadh (AFP) - The Saudi-led coalition fighting Iran-backed rebels in Yemen said Tuesday that a ceasefire had begun at noon (0900 GMT) as scheduled. Coalition spokesman Brigadier General Ahmed al-Assiri confirmed that the truce had taken effect. The rebel forces have yet to say if they will...

Free Syrian Army (FSA) rebels fighting President Bashar al-Assad in western Syria denied receiving any support from the Russia n air force, saying that on the contrary it continued to bomb them and rejecting comments by a top Russian general on Monday. A separate, recently...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Well-informed sources said the opposition figures who worked with the Syrian regime and have large government experience will take the lead in the newly-Riyadh-formed negotiators team. Riyad Farid Hijab, former Syrian Prime Minster who fled Syria in August 2012, to be a...

Saudi Arabia on Tuesday announced the formation of a 34-state Islamic military coalition to combat terrorism, according to a joint statement published on state news agency SPA. "The countries here mentioned have decided on the formation of a military alliance led by Saudi Arabia to fight...