The deputy prime minister of Libya’s internationally recognized Government of National Accord has been kidnapped, a security official of the Tripoli-based government said late Tuesday. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj's deputy,...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime media are reporting that airstrikes are targeting southeastern parts of southern Daraa province, ahead of a new offensive there. State-run TV says the offensive aims to cut supply lines between eastern Daraa and rebel-held parts of the provincial...

At least 29 people were killed over the past 24 hours in attacks carried out by the Assad regime in Syria’s southern Daraa province.  On Monday evening, the regime and its allies launched a ground offensive -- supported by Russian air power -- following four earlier attempts to...

Iran has detained a journalist who served as an adviser to a prominent opposition leader under house arrest. The semi-official ISNA news agency quoted the Tehran prosecutor as saying that Hengameh Shaidi was "on the run" for months before she was arrested on Kish Island. The prosecutor,...