A Bahraini court Thursday revoked the citizenship of five Shiites convicted of spying for Iran and sentenced them to life imprisonment, a judicial source told AFP. The verdict comes amid escalated tension between Bahrain and Iran, as Manama recalled its ambassador and asked Tehran's envoy to...

The Syrian state and allied militia have detained and abducted tens of thousands of people since 2011 in a campaign of enforced disappearances that is a crime against humanity, Amnesty International said in a report on Thursday. The rights watchdog interviewed relatives of the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian rebels operating in the coastal region, Bashar al-Assad's historical stronghold, have thwarted army attacks on al Akrad and Turken Mountains on Wednesday as Russia warplanes continued air strikes on their bastions in support for regime troops on the ground....

Moscow's military force in Syria has grown to about 4,000 personnel, but this and more than a month of Russian air strikes have not led to pro-government forces making significant territorial gains, U.S. security officials and independent experts said. Moscow, which has maintained a...