World Feb 19 Syria’s Aleppo airport resumes flights amid nearby offensive The flight carrying Syrian officials and journalists was a symbolic message from President Bashar Assad's government, days after its forces consolidated control over the northwestern province of Aleppo and seized the last segments of the strategic M5 highway linking Aleppo…
World Feb 14 Freezing temperatures in Syria’s Idlib province compounds crisis Sub-zero temperatures and increased snowfall are further exacerbating the humanitarian crisis in Syria, where more than a quarter of a million people have been displaced in the past four days, the United Nations said.
World Jan 05 New risks loom as thousands mourn Iran general killed by US Hundreds of thousands flooded streets Sunday in Iran to walk alongside a casket carrying the remains of a top Iranian general killed in a U.S. airstrike in Baghdad, a slaying one Iranian official suggested would see Tehran break further out…
World Jan 05 Iran abandons nuclear deal limits after U.S. kills general Iran said Sunday it would no longer abide by any of the limits of its unraveling 2015 nuclear deal with world powers after a U.S. airstrike killed a top Iranian general in Baghdad.
World Jan 05 Hezbollah vows to end U.S. military presence in region Hassan Nasrallah said the U.S. military “will pay the price” for the U.S. drone strike that killed Gen. Qassem Soleimani in Iraq Friday.
World Jan 03 Iran vows a ‘harsh’ response to U.S. killing of top general Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned that a “harsh retaliation is waiting” for the U.S. after the airstrike.
World Jan 02 U.S. kills Iran’s most powerful general in Baghdad airstrike The officials said the strike also killed Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the deputy commander of Iran-backed militias known as the Popular Mobilization Forces.
World Dec 19 Hezbollah-backed professor to form new Lebanese government Lebanon's president Thursday asked a university professor and former education minister supported by the militant Hezbollah group to form a new government, breaking a weeks-long impasse amid nationwide mass protests against the country's political elite.
World Oct 29 Masked gunman opens fire on Iraqi protesters, killing 18 The attack, which happened overnight, came as Iraqis took to the streets for a fifth consecutive day, protesting their government's corruption, lack of services and other grievances.
World Oct 27 Islamic State leader leaves a legacy of terror Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi sought to establish a new Islamic "caliphate" across Syria and Iraq, but he might be remembered more as the ruthlessly calculating militant leader of the Islamic State group who brought terror to the heart of Europe and…