(Al Arabiya News)- Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s brother, Maher, has had his photo go viral on Twitter after he posed for a snap with a well-known Syrian singer. Maher al-Assad has not stepped into the media spotlight for years and last year, it was rumored that he had...

Felipe VI has been officially sworn in as the new king of Spain at the country's parliament. His accession to the throne follows the abdication of his father Juan Carlos. The retiring monarch handed over to his son at midnight, in the first royal transition in the country since the...

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq asked the U.S. to launch airstrikes to beat back militants holding vast territories across its north, a decision Washington mulled over as insurgents pressed an assault on the country's largest oil refinery. U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday briefed...

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said Wednesday terrorism will strike back against the West and other countries that "supported" attacks in Syria and elsewhere in the Middle East. Ever since a revolt broke out in March 2011, Assad has blamed all violence in Syria on a...