The Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen's Huthi rebels said Tuesday it will release 200 insurgents, as efforts pick up pace to end the conflict in the impoverished country. Patients needing medical care will also be allowed to be flown out of Sanaa airport, which has been closed to...

An Iraqi protester was killed on Tuesday in the capital Baghdad and dozens more wounded across the country's restive south as sit-ins turned violent, medics told AFP. The demonstrator died after being shot by a rubber bullet near Al-Ahrar bridge, which has been sealed off by security forces...

Airstrikes by the Syrian regime and its Russian allies on the Idlib de-escalation zone have killed at least 100 civilians since the beginning of this month, according to a local NGO. Also, 50,000 people from 10,000 families in Idlib, northwestern Syria were displaced in attacks by...

Russia and the West are braced for a fresh showdown at the world's chemical weapons watchdog this week over a new team that will name culprits for attacks in Syria for the first time. The investigators' first report identifying perpetrators is expected early next year, and tensions are...