Iran has called off a deployment of warships to the Atlantic Ocean, the semi-official Fars news agency said on Sunday, shelving plans for its vessels to approach U.S. maritime borders in response to the U.S. navy's presence in the Gulf. A senior Iranian naval commander...

Local sources reported that thousands of people from East Markada in “Alhjish” village and neighborhoods, were forced to leave their houses and run away to the nearby villages, to live in a camp they have established in hurry. Sources explained that around 5 thousand...

For three years, residents of Syria's Mediterranean provinces have watched from their coastal sanctuary as civil war raging further inland tore the country apart, killing tens of thousands of people and devastating historic cities. But a three-week-old offensive by rebel...

Iran on Saturday rejected a U.S. decision to deny a visa for its newly appointed ambassador to the United Nations , pledging to take up the case directly with the world body in a dispute that has reopened old wounds dating to the 1979 Islamic Revolution. The United States,...