Gunfire could be heard over Tripoli on Thursday as armed groups mobilized heavy weapons and took up positions in several parts of the Libyan capital. Militias that hold effective power across the city clash frequently, but the shooting was heavier than usual and tanks and armed convoys could...

The UN envoy to Yemen and President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi met Thursday in the southern city of Aden to discuss a new bid to end the country's conflict, a government official said. Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, who flew in from Riyadh, held several hours of talks with Hadi at the hilltop...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Key rebel factions fighting regime army and allied militias said to merge in one military group to defend the stricken neighborhoods of eastern Aleppo, local activists said as hundreds have been killed by the regime offensive and and about 250,000 are under imminent...

 When war is constant, it can be easy to lose sight of how much a single death can matter. But the passing of one committed social worker will be especially devastating to his community in Aleppo. The 24-year-old Anas al-Basha was a center director at Space for Hope, one of many...