Airstrikes over southern Syria early Monday killed one of the country’s most well-known drug dealers, an opposition war monitor and a pro-government radio station reported. The rare attack came days after Jordan warned it would use force inside Syria to eliminate drug trafficking to...

Riyadh police’s Criminal Investigation Department said that it thwarted an attempt to smuggle and sell over 2 kg of cocaine in Riyadh and Jeddah, Saudi Press Agency reported  Residents of Nigerian nationality and three citizens were arrested and referred to the public prosecution,...

Diplomats from Arab nations are planning an emergency meeting in Cairo over the weekend about the fighting in Sudan and the prospect of Syria's return to the Arab League more than a decade after its membership was suspended, an official said Friday. Sunday’s meeting, confirmed by Gamal...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard seized a Panamanian-flagged oil tanker in the strategic Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, the second-such capture by Tehran in under a week amid heightened tensions over its nuclear program. The taking of the oil...