The International Committee of the Red Cross called on Thursday for immediate access to a Palestinian refugee camp in  Syria  which has largely been seized by Islamic State and where 18,000 people are caught up in fighting. The independent aid agency said that emergency...

The United Nations Children's Fund has expressed concern over the use of large number of child fighters by armed groups in Yemen.   "Up to a third of combatants in armed groups in conflict-torn Yemen are children...I have been myself held up at checkpoints by children who...

(Reuters) - Iran's leader on Thursday condemned as genocide the military intervention by its main regional rival  Saudi Arabia  in Yemen, sharply escalating Tehran's rhetoric against the two-week-old air strike campaign. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Saudi...

(Reuters) - Warplanes from a Saudi-led coalition struck al-Anad airbase in south  Yemen overnight and targets in areas around the southern port city of Aden, residents and local officials said on Wednesday. Saudi Arabia and four other Gulf Arab states, along with regional...