Western-backed fighters in southwestern  Syria , the one part of the country where they are strong, have spoken out this week against al Qaeda, a sign of friction that could lead to new fighting among opponents of President Bashar al-Assad. Four years into a civil war,...

(By Abdullah Al Ghadawi; Transation by Yusra Ahmed) Prominent Shi'ite cleric Mohammed al-Husseini called on Arab Shiites to return to the Arab Nation and to leave the Iranian regime that deceives them and takes them away from their Arab identity in this...

(Reuters) - Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi and President Barack Obama will discuss the fight against Islamic State on Tuesday at a White House meeting likely to be dominated by Iraqi requests for U.S. arms and tension over Iran's role on the battlefield. In his first U.S....

A Saudi-led coalition on Monday accused Yemen's Shiite Houthi group of storing arms in schools and hospitals. "We have information that arms and equipment stored under schools, hotels and houses are equal in amount to those already destroyed," coalition spokesman Ahmed al-Asiri said at...