(AP) — A rebel-claimed bombing Thursday in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo leveled a hotel that government troops used as a military base, along with several other buildings in a government-held area, activists and militants said. Syrian state television said an explosion...

(Reuters) - Saudi Arabia has identified 18 new cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), it said late on Wednesday, pushing the total number of infections in the country so far to 449. Four people died from the disease on Wednesday, taking the total death toll in...

The UN agency for Palestinian refugees said Lebanon was still denying entry to Palestinians fleeing the war in neighbouring Syria Wednesday, despite its insistence there was "no decision" to keep them out. "UNRWA has been monitoring the situation at the crossing point at...

By Indo Asian News Service- Syria launched airstrikes on the Lebanese border towns of Arsal and Al-Qaa in the eastern parts of the country, media reported Wednesday. The raids targeted gunmen fleeing the Syrian territories, Xinhua reported citing Lebanon's National News Agency....