Five civilians were killed in Russian airstrikes on residential areas of Syria's Idlib de-escalation zone, the Syrian civil defense agency, White Helmets, said on Friday. Three were killed in Rami village and another two in Maarshimshan, according to the agency. According to...

An earthquake in northwestern Iran killed at least four people and injured 70 early on Friday, according to Iranian media reports quoting officials. The U.S. Geological Survey said the magnitude 5.8 quake struck at 2:17 a.m. (2247 GMT) 83 km (52 miles) southwest of Ardabil. Iran's IRNA...

Iraqi security forces fired tear gas and live rounds into the air to disperse protesters in central Baghdad on Wednesday as the biggest wave of anti-government demonstrations in decades spread out across the capital. The shootings took place on or near three of Baghdad’s main bridges -...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least six civilians were killed and twenty more wounded in regime airstrikes on opposition areas in northern Aleppo province, activists said Wednesday.     At least 20 others, including 7 children and 4 women, were also wounded in the attack in the...