A car bomb has killed an undetermined number of soldiers and wounded at least 20 others at an army checkpoint near a military airport in Damascus, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said "There are at least 20 soldiers wounded, there are also some dead but we don't know how...

  Jouri was born with congenital disorder as result of chemical raid on al-Bayyada and al-Khaledia neighborhoods of Homs, year ago, laboratory analysis revealed .   Doctors who took biopsy from the 4-month-old in the Jordanian Hospitals said her leg should be...

The spiritual heart of Shiite Islam and a hub for religious tourism in Iraq is being badly hit as sanctions against neighbouring Iran have resulted in fewer pilgrims with less money to spend. Business leaders, shopkeepers and hotel owners in Najaf, site of a shrine to a revered figure in...

Tens of thousands took to the streets of Tehran on Saturday evening to celebrate the election of moderate cleric Hassan Rowhani as president, with chanting pro-reform slogans and demanding more freedom. Large crowds were converging in main streets and squares, as security forces and police...