(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian rebels pounded Bashar al-Assad’s hometown of Qardaha in coastal Latakia province with Grad rockets late on Tuesday, local activists said. No casualties reported due to the surface-to-surface missile attack that came in response to the regime’s major...

A Saudi minister who was detained in a sweeping anti-government probe at a Riyadh hotel attended a cabinet meeting on Tuesday after he was "proven innocent", media reported. The official Saudi Press Agency posted on its Twitter account pictures of Saudi King Salman, Crown Prince...

The United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) said Tuesday 69 Iraqi civilians were killed and 142 injured in December 2017 due to terrorism, violence and armed conflict in the country.  "Baghdad was the worst affected governorate with 122 civilian casualties -- 24 killed...

At least 23 people have been killed -- and more than 500 reportedly detained -- since anti-government protests erupted across Iran late last week. According to local media outlets and state officials, four people were killed in Iran’s Lorestan province; two in Khuzestan province;...