Iran signed a preliminary agreement with Syria on Saturday to help rebuild the Arab ally’s electricity grid, Iranian state media reported, as Tehran seeks a deepening economic role after years of the Syrian conflict. A memorandum of understanding signed by the two countries’ electricity...

Yemen's internationally recognised government will sign an agreement with southern separatists on Tuesday aimed at ending a conflict simmering within the country's long-running civil war, Yemeni and Saudi officials said. The power-sharing deal would see the secessionist Southern...

Tens of thousands of Iraqis thronged central Baghdad Friday demanding the root-and-branch downfall of the political elite in the biggest day of mass anti-government demonstrations since the fall of Saddam Hussein. Five people died from injuries sustained overnight after security forces used...

Around 85 Syrian refugees returned on Friday to their homeland from Lebanon, the National News Agency reported. The Syrian refugees returned from Bekaa area under the supervision of Lebanon's general security. More than 1 million Syrian refugees are registered with the UN High...