An upsurge of violence in Lebanon’s protests against the ruling elite, with police meting out beatings and protesters hurling stones, has alarmed rights groups and whipped up public fury. After a brief lull in largely peaceful protests since October, people filled the streets again this...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Islamic State (ISIS) killed ten regime soldiers in a surprise attack in eastern Deir Ezzor province, pro-regime news feeds reported Wednesday. In the last few weeks, Daesh has carried out a series of attacks on regime forces and Iran-backed militias in a desert...

An improvised explosive device (IED) rocked a crowd of people protesting against Kurdish-led forces in eastern Deir Ezzor Province, leaving two civilians dead, local activists said Tuesday. The IED was set off in the town of al-Basirah in the northern countryside of Deir Ezzor....

Firebrand Iraqi leader Moqtada Sadr called Tuesday for a "million-strong march" against the presence of US troops in Iraq, days after parliament voted for their departure following Washington's killing of an Iranian general in a Baghdad drone strike. "The skies, land and sovereignty of Iraq...