The International Crisis Group said this week that Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar’s regional backers should press him to reconsider his decision to replace UN-backed mediation in Libya with a new political roadmap and government.    The Brussels-based think tank evaluated the...

Syrian air defences thwarted an Israeli missile attack on a research centre and a military base in the northern province of Aleppo in the second such raid in less than a week, state media said on Monday. The Syrian regime army said in a statement that Israel hit military barracks in al...

Three civilians were killed in shelling by forces loyal to renegade general Khalifa Haftar in Zintan city, northwestern Libya, on Friday. A medical source, who asked not to be named due to fear of reprisal, told Anadolu Agency the victims were civilians -- two of whom are women. Earlier...

The Syrian state media reported Friday Israeli air strikes in the Golan Heights and later blasts at an ammunition depot east of the city of Homs. While the Syrian army said the series of blasts at the ammunition depot east of Homs city led to casualties, it stated the incident was not...