(Sky News)- British tourists have started to arrive back in the UK from The Gambia amid that country's worsening political crisis. Gambian President Yahya Jammeh declared a state of emergency earlier this week after refusing to hand over power following his loss in last month's election....

Residents of government-held areas of the Syrian city of Deir az-Zour have expressed fears of massacres as the Islamic State group continues its advance on the city. Besieged by IS since early 2015, the regime-controlled third of Deir az-Zour city is home to an estimated 100,000 people....

(Middle East Institute)- While much ink has been spilled about how Iran’s involvement in the Syrian civil war has fueled sectarianism and instability in the Arab world, the implications of Iran’s increasing recruitment of Afghan and Pakistani Shiites on security and stability in South Asia...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The local council of al-Tall local city north of Damascus has been accused of imposing royalties on displaced people and residents, activists said. Local activists, in statement post online, warned the council members of the dangerous consequences of them imposing what they...