Kabul authorities Tuesday demolished a sit-in camp erected to protest spiraling insecurity, triggering street clashes that left at least one demonstrator dead in the latest bout of violence to shake the city. Tensions have been high in Kabul since a truck bomb on May 31 killed more than 150...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian rebels on Tuesday have retaken an air base from regime forces in the southern city of Daraa, rebel task command said. Al Bunyan al-Marsous operation room said the opposition fighters launched a surprise attack on the strategic base in the Old City of Daraa that...

Iraq and Saudi Arabia are setting up a coordination council to upgrade strategic ties, a joint statement said on Tuesday, as part of an attempt to heal troubled relations between the Arab neighbors. Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi met with Saudi King Salman a day earlier on the first leg...

A “terrorist” bomb attack in a Shiite village in Bahrain has killed a policeman and wounded two others, the Interior Ministry in the Gulf kingdom said Monday. The attack late Sunday occurred in Diraz, west of Manama, the ministry said on its Twitter account. Witnesses said they heard a...