(Reuters) - A unit of Houthi rebels and allies backed by tanks pushed into central Aden, the main foothold of fighters loyal to President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, witnesses said on Wednesday, despite a week of air strikes by Saudi-led coalition forces. The alliance of mainly Sunni Gulf...

Fighters proclaiming allegiance to Islamic State seized most of a vast camp for Palestinian refugees on the outskirts of Damascus on Wednesday, a bid to capture the group's first major foothold close to President Bashar al-Assad's seat of power. Islamic State fighters already control...

(Middle East Eye)- Hours after the Iraqi prime minister announced the 'liberation' of Tikrit on Tuesday, US officials said Islamic State group still control parts of the city. "Parts of the city remain under (IS's) control and there is still work to be done," Major Kim Michelsen,...

(Reuters) - An air strike on Yemen's Red Sea port of Hodaida destroyed a dairy factory on Tuesday night, killing 23 workers, medical sources said, in what appeared to be one of the biggest cases of civilian deaths in a Saudi-led campaign against Houthi militia. The operation by ...