A 30-year-old American held captive in Syria for two months was attempting to visit every country in the world, US media reported Friday, after he had been freed. Sam Goodwin was released by Syrian officials following the mediation of Abbas Ibrahim, the head of Lebanon's internal security,...

Iran has freed nine of 12 Indian crew from a Panama-flagged tanker seized on July 14, India's Foreign Ministry said Friday. Iran had accused the vessel, the MT Riah, of smuggling contraband fuel when it was detained, amid mounting tensions between the Iranian government and Britain and the...

Maha al-Nasser queues in front of a crowded clinic in Syria's Al-Hol camp, her frail daughter squirmingin her arms under the stifling desert heat. "My daughter has suffered from convulsions and malnutrition," said 30-year-old Nasser, her face covered in a black veil. "When she...

Jordan’s King Abdullah II on Wednesday designated Yousef Huneiti as the new chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Armed Forces, the state-run media reported.  Maj. Gen. Huneiti -- former commander of Royal Jordanian Air Force -- replaced Lit. Gen. Mahmoud Friehat with a Royal...