(Reuters) - Palestinian police said on Wednesday they had extended their security control in parts of the occupied West Bank following a deal with  Israel , launching armed patrols for the first time in towns near Jerusalem. Louy Izriqat, spokesman for Palestinian police, said...

(Reuters) - Warplanes from a Saudi-led coalition struck al-Anad airbase in south  Yemen overnight and targets in areas around the southern port city of Aden, residents and local officials said on Wednesday. Saudi Arabia and four other Gulf Arab states, along with regional...

 At least 20 Syrian regime troopers have been killed in the western countryside of Hama when an explosives-rigged vehicle belongs to Ahrar al-Sham movement struck their checkpoint late on Tuesday, the key rebel group said in statement. Activists said fighters of Ahrar al-Sham...

 Rebels of Syria's southern front are likely to form a new powerful alliance similar to Fatah Army in Idlib city, in order to maintain gains they made recently in Daraa province, sources told Zaman al-Wasl. The Islamist rebels, who seized the historic town of Bosra two weeks...