(Reuters) - Oil jumped about 5 percent on Thursday, the biggest daily gain in a month, as air strikes in Yemen by Saudi Arabia and its Gulf Arab allies sparked fears that escalation of the Middle East battle could disrupt world crude supplies. The Saudi military operation against...

Syrian regime president Bashar al-Assad has appointed a new military commander in Hasakah province northeast Syria over demands of his Kurdish allied militias. Pro-regime news feeds said that al-Assad had dismissed General Mohamed Khadour over bloody clashes two months ago between...

(Al Arabiya News)- King Salman bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia ordered the beginning of a sweeping military operation against the Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen early on Thursday, Al Arabiya News Channel reported, citing Saudi sources King Salman gave his order at 12 a.m. on Thursday,...

(Reuters) - Saudi Arabia is moving heavy military equipment including artillery to areas near its border with  Yemen , U.S. officials said on Tuesday, raising the risk that the Middle East’s top oil power will be drawn into the worsening Yemeni conflict. The buildup follows a...