(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...

 Three weeks of Saudi-led airstrikes in  Yemen  have led to defections of army units loyal to former president Ali Abdullah Saleh, military sources said, dealing a blow to his efforts to stage a comeback. Saleh has teamed up with his old foes, the Iranian-allied Houthis,...

As many as 34 people have been killed on Wednesday by Syrian airstrikes on rebel-held areas in north-western and southern parts of the country, a monitoring group said. The aerial bombardment against areas in the north-western city of Idlib and its suburb Saraqeb left 24 people killed,...

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,...