The 34-year-old and her newborn girl are being treated in one of the last functioning hospitals in the Syrian city of Idlib. Seventy hospitals have been bombed out of action, and the location of this hospital is being kept secret for fear it will be targeted next. Doctors have...

Iran said Tuesday that a German held in Iran has been released as part of a prisoner swap for an Iranian held in Germany on suspicion of violating US sanctions. "We announced that we are ready to (release) this German national... on condition that they (the Germans) do not extradite our...

The old airline tags on the five suitcases by the front door hint at a family holiday. But Muzna is not packing for a fortnight away; she is fleeing Syrian and Russian fighter jets. Bombs exploding in nearby Idlib city have convinced the 32-year-old mother of two that she needs to move...

Hundreds of Iraqi women of all ages flooded central Baghdad Thursday alongside male anti-government protesters, defying an order by powerful cleric Moqtada Sadr to separate the genders in the rallies. Some were veiled, others not, still more wrapped their faces in black-and-white checkered...