Saudi Arabia warned Wednesday of the risks of civil war in Iraq with unpredictable consequences for the region, after Sunni militants seized large areas from Shiite-led government forces. The unrest in Iraq “carries warning signs of a civil war with unpredictable...

As violence sweeps Iraq and militants seize control of large swathes of the country, a Shiite Ba’ath party representative spoke to Al Arabiya News Channel about his opposition to Shiite Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. Despite his being of the same religious sect, Khodeir...

(AFP)- Syrian army helicopter fire killed nine children in a camp for displaced civilians near the Jordanian border on Wednesday, a monitoring group said. They were among 12 civilians killed in the air raid on the camp near the village of Shajara, south of Damascus, the Syrian...

Israel's army says it has arrested 40 more Palestinians in the West Bank, expanding searches for three missing Israeli teens who Israel believes Hamas kidnapped last week. The arrests early Tuesday brought the total number of Palestinians detained since the kidnapping to...