Protests escalated across Iraq's south and its capital Baghdad on Sunday as demonstrators sealed off streets with burning tyres in outrage at the government's slow pace of reform. The youth-dominated rallies demanding an overhaul of the ruling system have rocked Shiite-majority parts of...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian armed factions have thwarted an incursion by regime forces into strategic hilltops in northern Idlib region, rebel commander told Zaman al-Wasl Sunday. The regime army backed by allied militias was pushing to take the hilltops of Khatra and Mosaitef but the...

Yemen’s president told the military on Sunday it needs to be on high alert and ready for battle following an attack on Saturday by Iran-aligned Houthis on a military training camp in the city of Marib. The attack “confirms without doubt that the Houthis have no desire for peace”,...

World leaders will gather in Berlin on Sunday to make a fresh push for peace in Libya, in a desperate bid to stop the conflict-wracked nation from disintegrating into a "second Syria". The presidents of Russia, Turkey and France are due for talks from around 2:00 pm (1300 GMT) held under...