ZARTEK, IRAQ, Abdul Hamid Zebari- Christian clerics prayed in the ruins of a monastery not far from jihadist positions in northern Iraq Thursday to mark a year since the exodus of Iraq's Christians...

BEIRUT, LEBANON- Syrian rebel groups allied with Al-Qaeda fought on Wednesday to advance on a key military headquarters near President Bashar al-Assad's coastal heartland, a monitor said. The...

TEHRAN, IRAN- Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem arrived in Iran Tuesday to meet his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif to discuss the situation in the region, the official IRNA news agency...

UNITED NATIONS, UNITED STATES- UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday raised alarm over a $100 million shortfall in funding for the UN aid agency for Palestinian refugees and called for urgent...

WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES, Andrew Beatty- The White House on Monday said it will defend US-allied fighters in Syria with air strikes if necessary, signaling deeper involvement in the country's brutal...

ISTANBUL, TURKEY- The outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) on Monday said one of its guerrillas carried out a deadly suicide bombing against troops in eastern Turkey as a reprisal for the alleged...

ADEN, YEMEN, Fawaz al-Haidari- Yemeni Prime Minister Khaled Bahah made a symbolic visit to the devastated port of Aden from Saudi exile Saturday, two weeks after loyalist forces ousted Shiite rebels...

BEIRUT, LEBANON- A major Syrian anti-regime group, the Local Coordination Committees, announced Saturday it had quit the opposition in exile, accusing it of being undermined by internal conflict and...

ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN, Emmanuel Duparcq- The handover of the Taliban leadership to the "moderate" Mullah Akhtar Mansour is being seen by some as a win for Pakistan, the insurgents' historic backers,...