Controversial amendments to Jordan's anti-terrorism law seek to curb the influence of homegrown Al-Qaeda affiliated jihadists fighting the regime of the kingdom's northern neighbour Syria, analysts said. New articles added to the law approved by MPs on Tuesday deem "joining or...

Hezbollah militia has arrested at least 240 people from the besieged neighborhoods of Homs in response to killing of 14 militants in al-Waer neighborhood and seizing 8 corpses two days ago, source told Zaman Alwasl. Activists assured that Hezbollah...

A series of explosions killed 28 people and wounded more than 40 at a Shi'ite political organization's rally in Iraq on Friday, police and medical sources said. The militant group Asaib Ahl Haq (League of the Righteous) was presenting its candidates for elections on April 30 at...

A new U.N. report names 21 countries where rape and other sexual violence has been committed in current and recent conflicts, from Afghanistan and Central African Republic to Myanmar and Syria. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's report, launched Thursday, says there is now unprecedented...