(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian police are mobilizing forces to storm the central prison of Homs as more than 500 prisoners continue their revolt for the second week against jail sentences issued for 50 detainees by the Terrorism Court, according to footage leaked by prisoners on Monday. For...

Lebanon can no longer handle vast numbers of Syrian refugees, its president said on Monday, urging world powers to help them return to the calmer parts of their war-torn homeland. More than six years into the Syrian war, 1.5 million refugees who fled the violence now account for a...

Two protesters and a policeman were killed Monday in the eastern city of Marib as a clash broke out at a rally to demand jobs for Yemeni tribes, a security source said. Dozens of residents of Marib had gathered outside the local government offices to demand better jobs for and...

(Reuters) - Iraqi government forces captured the major Kurdish-held oil city of Kirkuk on Monday, responding to a Kurdish referendum on independence with a bold lightning strike that transforms the balance of power in the country. A convoy of armored vehicles from Iraq’s elite...