Foreign Ministry sends social media support in Farsi • Amnesty Int’l, HRW denounce regime’s clampdown on protests • Pahlavi praises Trump’s support, calls on European leaders to follow suit Tehran and several other parts of Iran experienced a digital blackout on Thursday as internet connectivity dropped across multiple service providers, …

Civilians were fleeing Kurdish neighborhoods of Aleppo on Wednesday after the Syrian army declared them “closed military zones,” amid ongoing fighting with Kurdish-led forces in the northern city. The deadly clashes, which started on Tuesday, are the worst between the two sides, who have so far failed to implement a …

A Saudi-led coalition struck the home province of Yemen’s UAE-backed separatist leader Wednesday, after he failed to show up for talks in Riyadh and was kicked out of the country’s presidential body. The coalition said it had given Aidaros Alzubidi a 48-hour ultimatum to come to Riyadh for discussions, after …