Several hard-line Syrian rebel groups pushed a new offensive against government forces in northwestern Syria on Thursday, less than a month after seizing control of the provincial capital there. The conservative Islamic factions, including the al-Qaida-affiliated Nusra Front, are...

(Reuters) - Warplanes from a Saudi-led coalition pounded Houthi militiamen and military bases with at least 20 air strikes throughout Yemen on Thursday, residents said, despite Riyadh saying it was winding down its campaign. On Tuesday, the Sunni Arab alliance announced an end to its...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Pro-Islam Army activists said Friday the the key rebel group in Eastern Ghouta has 'cleansed' three neighborhoods of Damascus from Islamic State loyalists after a major attack . On Thursday, Islam Amry launched an attack on Islamic State bases in Barzeh, Tishreen and...

New rules in Lebanon, which has the highest per capita concentration of refugees in the world, have left many thousands of them at risk of abuse from landlords and detention at any time, aid workers and a rights group say. Four years of civil war across the border in  Syria...