Syria's besieged Daraya to get first aid since 2012
Aid agencies are to deliver relief supplies to the besieged Syrian rebel-held town of Daraya on Thursday, the first since 2012, the International Committee...
Pro-Kurdish party leader to visit Moscow this week
The leader of Turkey's opposition pro-Kurdish Democratic Peoples' Party (HDP) will meet Wednesday with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow for talks aimed...
Yemen PM rejects cabinet reshuffle ordered by president
Yemeni Prime Minister Khaled Bahah rejected a cabinet reshuffle ordered on Tuesday by President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, a senior government official said, another sign...
Morocco launches first solar power plant
King Mohammed VI on Thursday inaugurated Morocco's first solar power plant, a massive project that the country sees as part of its goal of...
Saudi Arabia advises U.N. panel to condemn Iran intervention in Syria
Saudi Arabia is advising the U.N. General Assembly's human rights committee to condemn Iranian and Russian intervention in Syria, a move that prompted complaints on...
Abbas: investigations into Arafat's death will continue
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is continuing the investigation into the death of the late Palestinian President Yasser Arafat until it can "reveal the whole truth." In...
Wave of Aden killings tests Gulf role in Yemen
The recapture of Aden by Gulf Arab coalition troops last summer has failed to provide any respite from Yemen's civil war, with residents facing...
UN chief urges Israelis and Palestinians to act quickly to calm tensions
UN chief Ban Ki-moon warned of a "dangerous escalation" and urged Israelis and Palestinians to move quickly to calm nearly three weeks of unrest...
Syrian Army & Iranian allies advance near Aleppo with Russian cover
Syrian regime forces edged forward in the northern province of Aleppo on Saturday with air cover from Russian warplanes, but faced fierce resistance from...
Poor conditions prevail in Lebanon refugee camps
With at least 1.5 million Syrians who have fled the war, Lebanon is home to tens of thousands of refugees in camps that over...
