A car that exploded in a mainly Shiite Muslim city in eastern Saudi Arabia killing its two occupants was carrying munitions, the interior ministry said Friday. The Thursday evening blast was the latest incident in Qatif, which has seen criminal violence as well as protests among the...

(The Washington Post )- They came from every corner of Syria: people who fled fighting but could not afford smugglers’ fees to go farther. Now nearly 1 million are packed into one province in Syria’s northwest, eyeing a weeks-old cease-fire there with trepidation, fear and mistrust....

 Libya's coastguard intercepted about 300 migrants packed onto a wooden boat and returned them to Tripoli on Wednesday after warning off a ship that was preparing to pick them up for passage to Europe. Footage filmed by Sea-Watch, a non-governmental organisation, showed a Libyan...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Russian militias had a fierce battle with the Syrian resistance in the countryside of Hama province, according to a short film aired by Russian media outlets. The film documented moments of clashes between the so-called “Turan Battalion" and fighters of the Syrian...