(Zaman Al Wasl)- Three civilians, including two children, were killed in regime airstrikes on the embattled opposition bastion of northern Idlib province, local activists said. The strikes hit the villages of al-Kafayr and al-Janpidiya, and the town of Jisr al-Shughour.  Dozens of...

Protesters in Iraq's capital and its south shut down streets, schools and government offices Sunday, AFP's correspondents said, escalating the month-long movement demanding change to the country's political system. In Baghdad, university-age demonstrators parked cars in the middle of main...

Iran said Saturday it has sent Iraq and Arab states of the Gulf the text of its security and cooperation project first unveiled by President Hassan Rouhani at the UN in September. Rouhani "sent the full text [of the initiative] to the heads" of the Gulf Cooperation Council and Iraq and...

At least 53 soldiers and one civilian have been killed in an attack on an army post in northern Mali, the government said, in one of the deadliest strikes against the West African country's military in recent memory. The authorities first reported the attack in Indelimane, Menaka region, on...