Saudi Arabia increased its payments to some members of the royal family just as officials were wrapping up a controversial anti-corruption campaign that targeted some of the kingdom’s richest men and most prominent princes, according to three people with knowledge of the matter. The...

 Bombardment by the Syrian regime killed at least 11 civilians Friday in the rebel-held enclave of Eastern Ghouta, east of Damascus, a monitoring group reported. The bloodshed came a day after the latest suspected chlorine attack by the regime of President Bashar Assad on Ghouta, which...

Four people were injured Thursday after rockets fired from Syria hit the Turkish border province of Kilis, the governor said. Two rockets hit a restaurant and a house in the center of Kilis on the 13th day of Turkey's offensive against the Kurdish YPG militia in the northern...

Intense battles raged Thursday as Kurdish fighters attempted to repel a new advance by Turkish troops and allied Syrian fighters on their encircled enclave in northwestern Syria. Meanwhile, Syrian government forces pushed into Idlib province, an opposition stronghold nearby,...