Syria opposition coordinator Hijab says there is provisional agreement on temporary truce: Orient TV

A draft U.S.-Russian plan calls for a cessation of hostilities in Syria to begin on Feb. 27 but to exclude ISIS and Al-Qaeda linked Nusra Front militants, two Western diplomatic sources said Monday. The sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity, confirmed a report by the Al-Jazeera...

A gunman killed a senior Yemeni army officer in Aden Monday, as violence in the southern port city which is the headquarters of the Saudi-backed government showed no let-up, military sources said. The gunman, who was on the back of a motorcycle, killed General Abedrabbo Hussein as he was...

Syria's main opposition umbrella group was meeting in the Saudi capital Monday as Washington and Moscow worked to secure a ceasefire. "There is a meeting," Monzer Makhous, a spokesman for the High Negotiations Committee (HNC), told AFP in Riyadh. The meeting is expected to continue for two or...