(Reuters) - Saudi Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi is making his first visits in years to fellow exporters Venezuela and Mexico , although tumbling oil prices are not the stated purpose of the trip, according to officials and sources. Naimi will attend a long-planned climate change...

(Reuters) - Islamist militants affiliated to al Qaeda seized the last remaining stronghold of Western-backed rebels in Syria's northwest province of Idlib on Saturday after days of fighting, rebels and a monitoring group said. Backed by other hardline Islamist groups, the Nusra...

(Reuters) - The White House and Pentagon sought to portray a unified stance on Syria on Friday after reports that a memo from Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel criticized U.S. strategy as fuzzy on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. White House spokesman Josh Earnest said U.S....

Reporting by Faris Al Rifai; Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- Elaf, a-7-year-old Syrian baby, has head deformity because of cerebral hydrocele and a lumbar spinal meningeal lump. Her head has extra amount of fluid, which caused her head...