The Houthi militant group has threatened to overrun Yemen's eastern oil-rich Maarib province, citing what it described as the lack of government action towards the alleged presence of hundreds of Al-Qaeda militants in the region. The threat came in a message from the Shiite...

 Iraq's Vice President Usama al-Nujayfi called for more military support ahead of a planned attack for retrieving Mosul, the second largest city in the country, from ISIL control. "For us to go into this war strongly, we need to receive more reinforcement," said Nujayfi, in...

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Aid agencies dismissed on Wednesday the idea of relocating hundreds of thousands of storm-hit Syrian refugees across the Middle East, citing the large number of refugees, a shortage of funding and a lack of authority. As blizzards, rain and...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Turkish authorities on Thursday have moved more than 40 Syrian families from Atemh refugee camp to makeshift settlement on its land as the snow storm is forecast to last several days. Zaman al-Wasl reporter said the Turkish ambulances...