Five civilians were killed in attacks by Assad regime forces on residential areas located inside northern Syria’s de-escalation zones, local sources said Thursday. Overnight airstrikes and artillery attacks targeted the villages of Kansafra, Termela, Bsekla Has and Abdin in Idlib...

Hundreds of protesters in Benin manning burning barricades defied police and soldiers Thursday, after violence broke out following controversial parliamentary polls held without a single opposition candidate. A woman died on Thursday after being wounded the day before, medical sources said,...

 Algeria’s army chief of staff said on Wednesday the military will ensure the country does not descend into violence, state TV reported, as mass protests that prompted President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to quit on April 2 continue. Bouteflika’s exit has not quieted protesters, who are...

Fighting in northwestern Syria has displaced nearly 140,000 people since February, the UN said on Wednesday, as the regime and its ally Russia have stepped up their bombardment. "Since February, over 138,500 women, children and men have been displaced from northern Hama and southern Idlib,"...