Two UN peacekeepers have been wounded when mortar rounds fired from Syria hit their base in the Israeli-held sector of the Golan Heights, according to the Israeli army spokesperson. Israel public radio said the two were lightly wounded in Monday's incident. "Mortar shells hit the Golan in Ein...

  Islamist militants launched brazen attacks on Hezbollah and Syrian army positions in the western Qalamoun mountain range along Lebanon's border at dawn Monday, leaving a number of fighters dead and wounded, security sources said. One security source said that the Nusra Front and allied...

Security forces on Sunday arrested a Lebanese man accused of being a cleric and recruiting agent for the extremist Islamic State jihadist group, a security source told AFP. "Ibrahim al-Barakat was arrested early on Sunday and is accused of being a religious jurist for Daesh in the northern...

Iran's deputy foreign minister said Tehran will not let regional powers jeopardize its security interests in Yemen, Tasnim news agency reported, in the strongest acknowledgement yet of Iranian involvement in the Arabian peninsula. Iran has denied accusations from Western and...