Middle East

WFP: Battle for Syria’s Idlib would trigger humanitarian nightmare

GENEVA — A senior World Food Program official warns that a Syrian government offensive to wrest the besieged province of Idlib from rebel armed groups would be catastrophic and trigger a...

Suicide bombers hit security forces in SW Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN — Authorities in Pakistan say three suicide bombers Tuesday separately attacked police and paramilitary forces in Quetta, killing at least six and wounding several others. Officials report a suicide bomber...

Fresh attacks by Taliban, IS kill 19 Afghan forces, civilians

ISLAMABAD — Authorities in Afghanistan say the latest Taliban and Islamic State attacks have killed 19 people, mostly government security forces. Taliban insurgents attacked a registration center for potential voters late Sunday...

Houthis: Saudi-led airstrike in Yemen killed their political leader

The Iran-allied Houthi rebels in Yemen said Monday that their political leader, Saleh al-Sammad, was killed last week in a Saudi-led airstrike. Sammad was the most senior Houthi official to be killed...

Civilians in S. Damascus caught between militants, govt. troops

WASHINGTON — Hundreds of civilians living in a militant-held pocket of southern Damascus were caught in fierce clashes between Russian-backed Syrian government forces and militant groups controlling southern Damascus neighborhoods. Syrian government...

UN security team comes under fire in Douma, Syria

UNITED NATIONS — Members of a U.N. security team came under small-arms fire and an explosive was detonated as they tried to carry out a reconnaissance mission to a Syrian town...

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