Western and Arab demands for the ouster of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad have fueled years of unnecessary bloodshed as they have prevented negotiations on a political settlement, Iran's foreign minister said on Wednesday. Iran's top diplomat, Mohammad Javad Zarif, also...

(Reuters) - Yemen's Houthi rulers have launched an investigation against dozens of public figures, including Nobel Peace Prize laureate Tawakul Karman, state news agency Saba said late on Tuesday, following a complaint that could amount to treason. Saba said a non-governmental...

The European Union's top diplomat on Tuesday voiced the hope that Iran would play an important but constructive role in a renewed United Nations push to restart negotiations aimed at ending the four-year civil war in Syria. The U.N. envoy to Syria, Staffan de Mistura, has said he will...

(Reporting by Ma'moon Abu Mohamed; Translation by Yusra Ahmed) Syrian regime’s customs have seized huge amounts of products from traders in many shops after resuming their activities in famous Dablan market in Homs, Activists confirmed to Zaman al-Wasl. Activists mentioned...