A fire raged through forest areas in central Homs province destroying dozen of hectares, local media outlets reported Sunday.   Civil Defense workers have put out the blaze as thick clouds of smoke covered much of the western countryside of Homs province late on Saturday.  ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A new round of deadly attacks and forced conscription has begun against ethnic Tigrayans in an area of Ethiopia now controlled by Amhara regional authorities in collaboration with soldiers from neighboring Eritrea, people fleeing over the border to Sudan tell The...

BAGHDAD (AP) — The failed assassination attempt against Iraq’s prime minister at his residence on Sunday has ratcheted up tensions following last month’s parliamentary elections, in which the Iran-backed militias were the biggest losers. Helicopters circled in the Baghdad skies...

One person was killed and three more wounded in artillery attacks by the Syrian regime forces on rebel-held areas in northwestern Hama province, local reporter said Sunday.   The regime forces and Iran-backed militias, stationed in Joreen camp in the Ghab Plain, have intensified...