A wave of internet outages was imposed in Iran Wednesday, ILNA news agency reported, a day before commemorations called for on social media for those killed in unrest last month. The cut came on the orders of security bodies, the news agency said, citing what it called an informed source at...

Syria's Bashar al-Assad regime backed by Russia and Iran has captured 40 residential areas over the past five days in the northwestern Idlib province, despite the region being designated a de-escalation zone. Since the offensive began on Dec. 20, the regime and its allies have launched...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- The U.S.-based Syrian activist Remy Hassoun has been on a rolling hunger strike to protest the Syrian regime and Russia's continuing offensive on northern Idlib province that left 85 people dead and displaced over 260,000 people in two weeks....

Outgoing Education Minister Qusay al-Suhail on Wednesday turned down nomination to be Iraq's new prime minister.  In a letter to his al-Bina coalition, al-Suhail said conditions "were not favorable" for his nomination to the post. The coalition, which is close to Iran, has...