UNITED NATIONS, UNITED STATES- France and Britain urged the United Nations on Wednesday to begin humanitarian aid airdrops in Syria ahead of a Security Council meeting called to discuss the crisis in...

THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS- A UN-backed tribunal to try the killers of Lebanese premier Rafiq Hariri said Wednesday it would continue its trial in absentia of Hezbollah military chief Mustafa Badreddine,...

BEIRUT, LEBANON, Maya Gebeily- A surprise assault by the Islamic State group has trapped tens of thousands of terrified people on the Syrian border with Turkey, Doctors Without Borders said Monday,...

BAGHDAD, IRAQ, Jean Marc Mojon- Iraqi forces thrust into Fallujah Monday, ushering a new urban phase in the week-old operation to retake the jihadist bastion that also raised concerns over the fate...

BEIRUT, LEBANON- Thousands of civilians have fled an offensive by the Islamic State group against non-jihadist rebels in northern Syria into territory controlled by a US-backed Kurdish-led alliance,...

TEHRAN, IRAN, Siavosh Ghazi- Iran said Sunday its pilgrims will miss this year's hajj because Saudi Arabia, custodian of Islam's holiest sites, was raising obstacles and "blocking the path to Allah"...

BAGHDAD, IRAQ, Ammar Karim with Layal Abou Rahal in Beirut- Elite Iraqi troops were poised Sunday to assault one of the Islamic State group's most emblematic bastions, Fallujah, as the jihadists...

BEIRUT, LEBANON- The Syrian opposition's chief negotiator in stalled UN-brokered peace talks, Mohammed Alloush, announced his resignation Sunday citing the failure of the Geneva negotiations and the...

BEIRUT, LEBANON- Syrian prison inmates in Hama rioted Saturday for the second time this month, holding its director and a police chief hostage and demanding to be released, a monitor said. "A new...