At least four people have been killed and over 103 others wounded after two strong explosions hit a southern suburb of the Lebanese capital, Beirut.
Some British women are travelling to Syria to marry militants fighting against the Syrian government, a new report shows.
Tourists are leaving Egypt after a tourist bus exploded in the Egyptian south Sinai resort town.
Lebanese parliament speaker Nabih Berri has urged Kuwait to keep trying to build bridges between Iran and Saudi Arabia to encourage a rapprochement between two regional heavyweights backing opposite sides in Syria's conflict.
Salim Idriss, the former head of the so-called Free Syrian Army (FSA), has been sacked due to the “paralysis within the military command over the past months.”
The Prince of Wales wore traditional robes and carried a sword as he took part in a ceremony as part of a festival of culture in Saudi Arabia.
Israeli soldiers have fired warning shots into the air close to Lebanese Army troops as they recovered parts of an Israeli drone that crashed in mysterious circumstances, security sources says.
Thousands of Syrians have held a demonstration in support of President Bashar al-Assad and the army, which is battling foreign-sponsored militants and terrorists.
The Syrian army continues its mop-up operations against foreign-backed militants in the city of Aleppo, making more advances in the area.
Militants in the Syrian towns of Babila, Beit Sahim and Yalda in Rif Dimashq province have handed over their weapons to army troops, al-Alam correspondent reports.