Yemeni pro-government forces have advanced to within 40 kilometers (25 miles) of Sanaa in a push towards the rebel-held capital from the northeast, loyalist military sources said Friday. Loyalist forces took the town of Nihm after overrunning the headquarters of the renegade pro-rebel 312th...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 16 civilians killed in Russian air strikes on the besieged countryside of Homs, activists and monitoring group said Friday. The Syrian Network for Human Rights and local activists said 14 people killed on Friday in missile attack on al-Ghanto town in the northern...

Saudi Arabia, which is leading air strikes against rebels in neighboring Yemen, has warned the United Nations and international aid groups to protect staff by removing them from areas held by Yemen's Houthi rebels, a letter seen by Reuters on Thursday said. It was not immediately clear why...

(The Guardian)- Syria’s national wealth, infrastructure and institutions have been “almost obliterated” by the “catastrophic impact” of nearly five years of conflict, a new report has found. Fatalities caused by war, directly and indirectly, amount to 470,000, according to the Syrian...