A renewed drive by President Bashar al-Assad to recapture rebel-held territory in Syria’s northwest sparked a fresh exodus of many thousands of civilians toward Turkey’s border on Monday amid heavy air strikes, aid workers and witnesses said. Syrian regime forces backed by Russian air...

 Yemen's Houthi rebels made gains Monday against government troops north and east of Sanaa, seizing a strategic road in deadly fighting, loyalist military officials told AFP. The pro-government sources said the rebels had captured the route that connects Sanaa to the provinces of...

Projected revenues in Lebanon’s 2020 budget may be unrealistic because of a contraction in the country’s economy, the chairman of the parliamentary budget committee said on Monday, as protesters hurled rocks at police near to where the draft law was under debate. Lebanon is in the...

Yemen's Houthi rebels said Monday they had transferred 64 child soldiers captured during fighting to a rehabilitation centre and planned to release them in two months. The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) said it welcomed the move. Abdulqader al-Murtadha, the head of the Houthis'...