An air strike killed a commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards at the Iraq-Syria border sometime between Saturday and Sunday, Iraqi security and local militia officials said on Monday. They could not confirm the identity of the commander, who they said was killed alongside three other m   Details..>>

Gender-based violence has surged by 63% since conflict erupted in Yemen in 2015, aid groups said on Monday, warning that the pandemic was exposing inadequate funding for protection services in war zones around the world. Globally, at least 40 million people affected by war are at risk of sexua   Details..>>

US-mediated talks between Lebanon and Israel that were scheduled for Wednesday have been postponed until further notice, a Lebanese security source and an Israeli official said on Monday. Long-time foes Israel and Lebanon launched the negotiations in October with delegations convening at a UN   Details..>>

 Prime minister of Yemen Maeen Abdulmalik on Sunday said the formation of a new government is underway.  We are taking the final steps to form the new government which is expected to shoulder huge responsibilities to alleviate the suffering of the people, he said at a meeting with th   Details..>>

Confrontations pitting the Southern Transitional Council (STC) and southern resistance against the Houthi group broadly renewed on Sunday in Dhalea province, a military source said. The fighting mainly occurred in al-Fakhir area, spreading to al-Aud district south Dhalea, the source added, as   Details..>>

US aircraft carrier USS Nimitz was deployed to the Gulf this week, days before the killing of Iran’s top nuclear scientist, although the US Navy said on Saturday the deployment was not related to any specific threat. “There were no specific threats that triggered the return of the   Details..>>

 Thirteen fighters were killed in an exchange of artillery fire between pro-government forces and separatists in the southern province of Abyan, military sources told AFP on Saturday. The Southern Transitional Council lost eight men, including two officers, and six others were wounded lat   Details..>>

The Saudi-led military coalition in Yemen bombed Houthis camps including in the capital Sanaa on Friday, witnesses and AFP correspondents said, days after the Houthis attacked an oil facility in Saudi Arabia. Several coalition air strikes targeted Houthi military camps in Sanaa, as well as the   Details..>>

 Air strikes likely carried out by Israel killed at least 19 pro-Iran militia fighters in war-torn eastern Syria, a war monitor said Thursday. The early morning strikes hit positions of Iran-backed militias outside the town of Albu Kamal in Deir Ezzor province, killing mostly Pakistani fi   Details..>>

-A Houthi court in the capital Sanaa on Wednesday sentenced 91 politicians and military officers to death on charges of harming the security and stability of the republic of Yemen. The convicts have supported a Saudi-led coalition to wage war on Yemen, harm its political, military and economic   Details..>>