Global aid agency Oxfam wants to double to three million the number of people it can reach inside Syria with water and hygiene projects, the head of Oxfam's British office said after meetings with officials in Damascus. Oxfam has been working with Syria's Ministry of Water...

Four children were among seven civilians killed in renewed rebel rocket fire on government-held areas of Syria's second city Aleppo, AFP said on Wednesday. Tuesday's fire came despite UN condemnation of a massive barrage the previous day that killed at least 36 civilians, 14 of them children....

Islamic State has killed five policemen in a town near Iraq's biggest refinery, in an attack that may help ease pressure on some of its fighters trapped in the strategically important facility, a security official said on Wednesday. The official in a regional security command center said the...

Arab air strikes hit military targets throughout Yemen on Wednesday and expanded into one western province for the first time, despite peace talks in Geneva aimed at ending almost three months of fighting. The bombings hit army bases in the capital, Sanaa, and Houthi militia targets in Yemen's...