Despite warnings by human rights groups, the previous US administration designated Yemen’s Houthis a terrorist organization, which locals fear will only add to their misery. Yemen’s Houthi group, officially known as Ansar Allah, is presently among the organizations the United States designates as terrorists. One day prior to new US …

Bombings in Afrin, Azaz and a village near al-Bab claimed at least 18 lives this weekend. Three car bombings struck Turkey-occupied northern Syria on Saturday and Sunday, killing at least 18 people, including at least four children. More than 60 people were believed to have been injured in the three …

Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan continue to trade accusations on the failure of the Nile dam talks, in what some say is an attempt to draw the attention of the new US administration into the regional file.