Away from the frontlines, volunteers are helping in the war against President Bashar al-Assad by cooking, filling sandbags, collecting old tyres and digging trenches, aiming to help ward off his assault on northwestern Syria. It is part of the civilian effort to help defend the last major...

Algerian authorities have arrested a well-known veteran of the war of independence against France, his grandson and media outlets said Sunday, after he reportedly criticized military chief Ahmed Gaid Saleh. Lakhdar Bouregaa, who is in his 80s, was arrested at his home in the upscale Hydra...

Two Yemeni rebel drones targeting southern Saudi Arabia were intercepted on Saturday, a Riyadh-led military coalition said, the latest in a series of assaults on the kingdom. The first drone targeted the province of Jizan and the second was aimed at a residential area in Asir province, the...

The Palestinian Authority has arrested a Palestinian businessman who attended the U.S.-led economic workshop in Bahrain this week, Israel's Haaretz newspaper and Kan public broadcaster reported Saturday. The businessman was identified as Salah Abu Miala from the Palestinian city of Hebron,...