Sirens wailed, residents ran to bomb shelters and both sides feared yet another war as an Israeli targeted strike killing an Islamic Jihad commander in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday sparked exchanges of fire. The escalation sent shock waves through the coastal strip and into the heartland of...

A Saudi Arabian court has convicted 38 people of terrorism-related crimes, state-run Al Ekhbariya television reported on Tuesday. The TV channel said they were charged with financing terrorism and with takfir - the Islamist militant practice of labeling followers of other schools of Islam...

A court in Algeria sentenced 21 protesters Tuesday to six months in jail for "undermining national unity", official media reported, a month ahead of a presidential election. The verdict by the court in central Algiers also included additional six-month suspended sentences for the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Clashes are still ongoing between the Syrian National Army and Kurdish forces west of Hasaka city as the Turkish-backed forces press to take the towns of Tel Tamr and Abu Rasin, according to Zaman al-Wasl reporter.  The Turkish artillery rocked the sites of the...