ALBAWABA - U.S. diplomatic and military sources revealed that strategic directives issued by the White House to the Pentagon include raising the readiness of US forces securing oil tanker traffic in the Strait of Hormuz...

ALBWABA - A court in Syria handed a life sentence to Ahmed Hassoun, the country's former grand mufti under ex-President Bashar Assad, who was also handed a death sentence in absentia last week...

ALBAWABA - A U.S. Navy sailor on deployment aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln said his father has been detained by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Saturday...

ALBAWABA - A top Omani official is set to head to Tehran on Tuesday to hold discussions over the future of the Strait of Hormuz, which has been closed since the start of the regional war in February...

ALBAWABA - Tunisian authorities announced they have recovered the bodies of 21 migrants who sank at sea, off the country's southeastern coast...