Hundreds of people protested Friday by the Bab al-Hawa border gate connecting northwestern Syria and Turkey after a spate of aerial bombings. The strikes in the rebel-controlled pocket, carried out by the Syrian government and its Russian allies, are said to have left many civilians...

Syrian regime troops Friday captured four villages in Syria's northwest as part of a new ground offensive to push into rebel-held Idlib province, military and opposition activists said. The offensive has already forced thousands of civilians to abandon their homes and flee for their...

Algerian demonstrators Friday rejected a call for dialogue by the country's new president, insisting on a month-long protest movement's demands for sweeping reforms in the North African country. Huge crowds flooded the streets of Algiers on the 44th consecutive Friday of anti-government...

The head of Iraq's Chaldean Catholic Church said Friday there will be no Christmas Eve masses in Baghdad for security reasons as nearly three months of anti-government protests continue to rock the capital. "In light of the current sensitive security situation in Baghdad, the patriarchate...