(Zaman Al Wasl)- Suspected pro-Iran Shiite militants have slaughtered at least 21 civilians in northeastern Raqqa, local activists said Sunday. Most of the knife-attack victims were shepherds living in Maadan, a desert area controlled by Shiite militias.    Activists...

China on Sunday voiced opposition to the abuse of military force by the U.S. in Iraq, days after a U.S. drone strike killed a top Iranian general in Baghdad and a senior Iraqi figure. The statement by Foreign Minister Wang Yi came after he spoke to his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov late...

A tide of mourners flooded the Iranian city of Ahvaz Sunday, weeping and beating their chests in homage to top general Qassem Soleimani who was killed in a US strike in Baghdad. “Death to America,” they chanted as they packed the streets and filled a long bridge spanning a river in the...

Saudi Arabia was not consulted by Washington over a US drone strike that killed a top Iranian general, an official said Sunday, as the kingdom sought to defuse soaring regional tensions. Saudi Arabia is vulnerable to possible Iranian reprisals after Tehran vowed "revenge" following the...