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The parties involved in the conflict in Yemen should end their fight through peaceful dialogue, Iranian Foreign Ministry officials said. Yemen launched a major military operation targeting Shiite al-Houthi rebels in the north of the country in early August.

Iran has arrested seven members of Jundollah, a Sunni rebel group it has accused of carrying out bombings and terrorist activities, the semi-official Fars news agency said on Wednesday. Jundollah (God's soldiers) claimed responsibility for an October 18 attack in...

Military Investigative Judge Fadi Sawwan on Wednesday issued arrest warrants against four detainees for their alleged membership in a terrorist group and involvement with suspected Fatah al-Islam member Fadi Ghassan Ibrahim, known as Sigmo. Sawwan issued an arrest warrant last...

Palestinians say IDF preventing supply of water to village Residents of the Palestinian village of Khirbet Bir al-'Idd in South Mount Hebron say IDF forces are preventing the entry of three water tanks to the community, despite the fact that...

When the former Iraqi regime fell in 2003, Islamic political discourses seemed bound to thrive in the huge vacuum left by the Ba’athist regime which had ruled Iraq for 35 years, during which time it had crushed all secular and...

Shooting began as troops had tried to disperse a rally in the town of Ataq, in Shabwa province, witnesses said. The protesters wanted the restoration of the former republic South Yemen, which was independent until 1990. There have been other...

Network of nurses working for al-Houthis discovered Thirty Somalis were arrested over the past two days in the Baqaa area.  The Somalis were arrested on suspicion of participating in the al-Houthi rebellion and fighting alongside the insurgents, said official sources...

But instead of videotaping the group, the security forces officer laid down his camera on the seat of his patrol truck and observed the five women from the side of the road. If need be, the task of documenting the...

Steve Whitaker, executive director of the mission, said about one-third of the homeless people who were fed Tuesday are veterans. The number reflects poor planning and mental-health screening for veterans, he said. "There are some disturbing trends that can't be...