With its decades-old US alliance strained over the Syria war and a nuclear deal with Iran, Saudi Arabia is calling on the Gulf monarchies to unite for their own self-defence. US Pentagon chief Chuck Hagel has assured Gulf states that the agreement struck between major powers and...
The head of the Syrian National Coalition opposition group said on Sunday a thaw in relations between Washington and Tehran could strengthen President Bashar al-Assad's hand in Syria's civil war. Ahmed Jarba said a disbursement of Iranian funds frozen in overseas bank accounts as part...
The road needed to ship chemical weapons out of Syria has been seized by troops loyal to President Bashar al-Assad. The Damascus-Homs highway had been blocked for around 20 days, preventing the delivery of fuel to the capital, as troops battled with rebel fighters to secure control of...
An Iraqi freelance cameraman killed in Syria was buried in his hometown city of Fallujah west of Baghdad, with hundreds of fellow journalists attending the ceremony. Yasser Faysal al-Joumaili was executed by an al-Qaeda-linked group in Syria and is the first foreign journalist killed by...
