Dark clouds of smoke rose over Syrian rebel-held areas near the border with Jordan on Thursday as Bashar Assad's Russian allies unleashed heavy air strikes and regime forces launched ground assaults. Assad aims to recapture the entire southwest including the frontiers with the...

Iran's state TV is reporting that the country's foreign ministry has summoned envoys from France, Germany and Belgium over the case of an Iranian diplomat detained in Germany. Thursday's report says Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi held separate meetings with the three diplomats in...

Yemeni government forces backed by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have bombarded rebel positions outside Hodeida after pausing their push into the strategic Red Sea port city, government sources said on Tuesday. Hospital sources said 11 civilians and 43 rebel fighters had...

Jordan's army said Tuesday the kingdom's border with Syria would remain closed, even as tens of thousands of Syrians flee a government offensive towards the frontier. The commander of the kingdom's northern military region, General Khaled al-Massaid, told AFP that authorities feared the...