Yemeni forces loyal to President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi made gains on Sunday in the southwestern city of Taiz after days of intense battles with Houthi fighters, a local official and residents said. The Haddi supporters, who have been backed by air strikes from a Saudi-led coalition...

Syria's President Bashar al-Assad is willing to eventually hold parliamentary and presidential elections and is ready to run himself for president, a Russian lawmaker told AFP from Damascus on Sunday. "He is ready to conduct elections with the participation of all political forces who want...

The United States is cutting economic aid for the Palestinian Authority, partly because of "unhelpful actions" by the Palestinians, a U.S. diplomat said on Saturday. News site al-Monitor earlier said the U.S. State Department intends to reduce aid for the West Bank and Gaza in fiscal 2016 from...

  Death toll of Syrian regime troops fighting ISIS in northern Aleppo province has reached 60, well-informed source told Zaman al Wasl Saturday. Fighters of the ultra-hardline Islamic State group took control of a section of road southeast of Aleppo on Friday, threatening the regime army's...