The UN cultural agency on Thursday placed two ancient cities in conflict-torn Yemen, Sanaa and Shibam, on its list of endangered World Heritage sites. UNESCO said Sanaa, known for its many Islamic sites and multi-story rammed earth houses, "sustained serious damage due to armed conflict"...

(Translation by Yusra Ahmed) Zaman al-Wasl has occupied a special rank among Syrian digital media outlets as rates, figures and followers on social media reflect a remarkable role has been played by the ten-year-old newspaper. A role that took shape by the beginning of the Syrian revolution in...

Tunisian authorities have arrested 12 people they suspect are linked to the Sousse beach hotel attack on foreign tourists, and are hunting for two men who trained in a Libyan jihadist camp with the Sousse attacker, an official said. Thirty-eight foreigners, most British...

Cut off from Yemen and its allies there by a Saudi-led military campaign, Iran has intensified a media counter-offensive against Riyadh, accusing its regional rival of inflicting catastrophic suffering while presenting itself as a blameless peacemaker. Iranian state media have given blanket...