Syian troops and fighters from Lebanese resistance group Hezbollah seized several towns and villages south of Damascus on Wednesday, state media and activists said, advancing in a...read more

The Islamist rebel factions that still hold key districts on the outskirts of Damascus are facing a new enemy from an unlikely source: former pro-US/NATO rebels who have formed a...read more

A group of Islamist fighters in Yemen renounced their loyalty to al Qaeda's leader and pledged allegiance to the head of the Islamic State, according to a Twitter message retrieved by US-based...read more

The British Embassy in Yemen's capital closed and evacuated its staff early Wednesday, authorities said. The move was the latest diplomatic post to shut down in the Arab...read more

"Who came down from the mountain and said the U.S. must police the globe from the South China Sea to the jungles of Peru"? ~ Eric S. Margolis For...read more

Yemen’s Shia Ansarullah movement has secured the central province of Bayda as the Houthis continue operations against al-Qaeda-linked terrorists in the...read more

Obama readying request to use force against Islamic State as Assad says he had known about the US-led campaign before it started but didn't have details. Syrian President Bashar...read more

Libyan special forces said on Monday they had retaken the main military base in Benghazi from `Islamist' fighters that they have been battling since October, part of a wider...read more

Victims died of suffocation and stampede as the police fired tear gas at them; Egyptian Premier League suspended for indefinite period Dozens were killed when Zamalek's fans clashed...read more

Renewed clashes between the Libyan army and militia groups in the African country's eastern city of Benghazi have reportedly left nearly two dozen people dead and many others...read more