The leader of an Iran-backed Iraqi militia has vowed to retaliate against America for the deaths of four of his men in a U.S. airstrike along the Iraq-Syria border last month, saying it will be a military operation everyone will talk about. Abu Alaa al-Walae, commander of Kataib...

Youths clashed with officers again Saturday evening, hours after a demonstration in the Tunisian capital, Tunis, to protest police violence following the latest death of a man arrested by police. In the working class district of Sidi Hassine, several dozen young people threw projectiles,...

Syrian state media reported late Tuesday an Israeli aerial attack near the Syrian capital of Damascus and in the central province of Homs, prompting a response from national air defenses. The Syrian state news agency SANA said the Israeli attacks came from airspace over neighboring...

Walking down the streets of Damascus, visitors would immediately notice that COVID-19 has not been taken seriously as very few people wear masks and those who do cover their faces are largely regarded as sick or “paranoid.” Buses and public transportations are usually jam-packed with...