The U.S. on Tuesday demanded Houthi rebels in Yemen release an American citizen detained last week calling it “unacceptable”. U.S. reaction followed American media reports from Yemen that an American English teacher in the capital, Sanaa, was detained on “suspicions of espionage”...

Three blasts killed at least 17 people and wounded more than 50 in predominantly Shi'ite Muslim districts of Baghdad on Tuesday, police and medical sources said. A suicide bomber detonated his explosive vest in a commercial street in the eastern Baghdad al-Jadida area of the Iraqi capital,...

Syrian government forces and their allies attacked the opposition-held sector of Aleppo on several fronts on Tuesday, the biggest ground assault yet in a massive new military campaign that has destroyed a U.S.-backed ceasefire. The United States says the assault on Aleppo is proof that...

Writing by Ethar Abdulhaq (Zaman Al Wasl)- The German journalist Jurgen Todenhofer broadcasted a video recording which he described as the most difficult interview he has ever conducted in Syria. The interview took place 10 days ago with a commander from al-Nusra Front, as he called, who spoke...