Qatar has sent 1,000 ground troops to Yemen, Doha-based Al Jazeera television said, escalating Gulf Arab intervention in Yemen's war ahead of a planned offensive against Iranian-backed Houthis holding the capital Sanaa. Qatari pilots had already joined months of Saudi-led air strikes on...

Struggling to cope with a record influx of asylum seekers, Germany told its European partners on Monday they must take in more refugees too, saying the burden could not fall on just a few countries. Chancellor Angela Merkel, speaking after a weekend in which some 20,000 migrants made...

Islamic State fighters have seized the last major oilfield under Syrian regime control during battles over a vast central desert zone, Reuters said on Monday. The Jazal field was now shut down and clashes were ongoing east of Homs, with casualties reported on both sides, the...

Syrian rebels have killed 10 Syrian regime soldiers in a counterattack on their post in the embattled town of Zabadani near the Lebanese border, activists said Sunday. In retaliation regime army has extended fierce bombardment on Zabadani town, about 45 km (30 miles) northwest of the capital...