Al-Qaeda gunmen killed 19 soldiers in an attack on an army base in southern Yemen Friday, security officials said, a day after deadly assaults by rebels and a jihadist bomber. The gunmen stormed Al-Mahfad base in Abyan province and remained inside for several hours before military...

Yemen’s main southern city of Aden was shaken by double attacks Thursday as a missile fired by rebels hit a military parade and suicide bombers blasted a police station. The attacks killed at least 51 people and wounded dozens, officials said. Most of the dead came from the missile strike,...

Syrian regime soldiers have gained some ground in the country's last rebel bastion during a Russian-backed offensive that aid agencies warn is growing bloodier. The wave of violence in northwest Syria since late April has killed more than 400 civilians and forced more than 440,000 to flee...

At least 17 villages have been "completely destroyed" as the regime of Bashar al-Assad and its principal international ally, Russia, press a military offensive on northwestern Syria's Idlib province, the UN said Tuesday. Mark Lowcock, the UN's humanitarian affairs coordinator, told the...