BEIRUT, Lebanon — American support for a pair of diplomatic initiatives in Syria underscores the shifting views of how to end the civil war there and the West’s quiet retreat from its demand that the country’s president, Bashar al-Assad , step down immediately. The Obama...

SANAA, Yemen (AP) -- The leader of the Shiite rebels who control Yemen's capital and seized the presidential palace on Tuesday warned of a further escalation if President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi stands in the way of political reform. In a lengthy speech aired by the...

Translation by Yusra Ahmed ALEPPO (Zaman Al Wasl)- Five new-born babies died of Bronchiolitis in Alatarib in Aleppo’s Western countryside, as a result of viral infection. Dr. Abdul Rahman Obaid, Director of Alatarib Hospital told Zaman...

(Reuters) - An Iranian general killed in an Israeli air strike in Syria was not its intended target and Israel believed it was attacking only low-ranking guerrillas, a senior security source said on Tuesday. The remarks by the Israeli source, who declined to be identified because...