(Profile of Torture Victim)- Hussam Idriss Idriss was in his way to his hometown Qusair when the Syrian security arrested him near the Syrian-Lebanese borders early 2013. The young carpenter, who was working in Lebanon, had spent months in State Security headquarters in Damascus...

(Reuters) - Islamic State militants gained ground in western  Iraq  on Wednesday, overrunning several villages on the edge of the capital of Anbar province, police sources and local officials said. Iraqi police came under attack from the insurgents at dawn in Albu Ghanim and...

Dozens of inmates have escaped from jail in Sudan's western Darfur region following clashes with prison guards, police said Wednesday. One inmate was killed and four policemen injured in clashes that erupted on Tuesday in the main prison in Zalingei, capital of Central Darfur State,...

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...