Syrian rebels have reportedly cut the international highway running through the embattled Qalamoun region south to Damascus. “Rebels seized control over [a section] of the international highway in Qalamoun between Qaldoun and Maalula,” Al-Arabiya reported Friday morning. The...

Iran rejected Friday allegations it was interfering in Yemen by backing Shiite rebels there, accusing Saudi Arabia of seeking to absolve itself of responsibility in the war-torn Arabian Peninsula country. Riyadh's new Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir on Thursday criticised what he called Iran's...

Huthi militias in Yemen have crossed a "red line" and will pay a high price for their deadly bombardments of Saudi Arabia, the Saudi-led coalition said on Thursday. "The equation is different, the confrontation is different, and they will pay a harsh and expensive price," coalition spokesman...

As U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry sought to secure a pause in Yemen’s war, Yemen sent a letter to the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday, urging the international community “to quickly intervene by land forces to save” the country, specifically in the cities of Aden and Taiz....