Saudi Arabia, the fourth largest military spender in the world, has unveiled new Chinese-made ballistic missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads.
Al-Qaeda’s Chief Ayman Zawahiri has called on his al-Nusra Front followers in Syria to stop fighting other militant groups as infighting escalates among foreign-backed groups trying to topple Syrian government.
Acting governor of Lebanon’s Beirut, Nassif Qaloush, has resigned from his post weeks after a former employee accused him of sexual harassment, the local media have reported.
Official figures show more than 1,000 people, mostly civilians, were killed and nearly 1,400 others wounded in violent attacks across Iraq last month.
Public crucifixions are mostly ceremonial these days, staged rituals that some Christian communities enact as part of their Easter observance. But the real thing may be returning to Syria.
Video has emerged implicating British militants in Syria in an apparent war crime.
US Secretary of State John Kerry says this week’s deadline for an agreement on Mideast peace was irrelevant even before it passed.
The United Nations humanitarian chief says the measures adopted by the Security Council to aid millions of people in Syria is not working.
Jordan, one of the main host of tens of thousands of Syrian refugees fleeing the war in their country, has opened a new refugee camp in an eastern desert.
Syria’s supreme constitutional court has received 24 request from people wishing to run for president in the country’s upcoming elections which is due to be held at June 3.