In late May, an Iraqi cleric called Akram Kaabi visited militia fighters in a desolate Iraqi town near the Syrian border. Kaabi, who heads a Shi’ite Muslim militia named Harakat Hezbollah al Nujaba, was decked out in a camouflage uniform and led the fighters in prayer on mats laid on...

South Korea approved a plan on Thursday to send $8 million worth of aid to North Korea, as China warned the crisis on the Korean peninsula was getting more serious by the day and the war of words between Pyongyang and Washington continued. North Korea’s foreign minister likened U.S....

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Israel's strike on the research center of Sheikh Ghadban near northwestern Masyaf town was devastating and a successful blow by Tel Aviv to the Assad regime and allies since the strikes had destroyed the production lines of Hezbollah short-range missiles,...

Syria’s army said Israel targeted one of its positions in Hama province early on Thursday, which a war monitor said was a branch of the government agency accused by the U.S. of producing chemical weapons. The army statement said the airstrike killed two people and caused material...