Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard is to conduct military drills next week, a senior commander announced Saturday, despite warnings from the United States and fresh sanctions over a ballistic missile test. "The manoeuvres called 'Grand Prophet 11' will start Monday and last three days,"...

Tension between Iraq's Shiite leaders mounted Sunday as the toll from protests in central Baghdad on Saturday increased to six killed, five demonstrators loyal to the fiery cleric Moqtada al-Sadr and one policeman. At least 174 other protesters were injured in clashes that pitted police and...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Heavy clashes are ongoing in the southern city of Daraa as regime and rebels forces engage after months of calm, opposition and pro-regime news feeds said. Free Syrian Army said it had thwarted regime attack to capture al-Manshiya neighborhood. Pro-regime Al-Masdar news...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)-  At least 19 civilians, including 6 children and a woman, have been killed in the 4-day-old offensive on al-Waer neighborhood of Homs city, local activists said as regime tightens the noose on the  residents of last rebel stronghold in the central city. 6...