Rebels shot down a Syrian warplane in the opposition stronghold of Idlib province Wednesday as Russian-backed regime forces closed in on a strategically important town, rebel sources and an activist group said. A pilot who ejected from the plane was captured, according to the...

A Sudanese rebel alliance says it should be represented in the transitional government formed by the military and the pro-democracy movement following an agreement reached earlier this month. Yesir Arman, a senior official in the Sudan Revolutionary Front, told The Associated Press...

A government military base in the Lower Shabelle region of Somalia was struck by car bombs and gunfire Wednesday, residents said, and the al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab group claimed responsibility for the attack. The mid-morning attack occurred in Awdhigle, an agricultural district along the...

Iran's supreme leader has held talks with a senior Yemeni rebel official just days after the long-running intervention against the rebels by its regional foes Saudi Arabia and the UAE suffered a major setback. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei hosted Houthi rebel spokesman Mohammed Abdul Salam at his...