Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has announced plans to hold legislative elections on May 22 and presidential polls on July 31, for the first time in 15 years. Concerns, however, have been rising that Israel might hinder the vote in the occupied East Jerusalem, which the Palestinians...

Amnesty International on Thursday urged Paris to halt weapons sales to Lebanon, saying French-manufactured rubber bullets, tear gas grenades and launchers had been used to quell peaceful demonstrations. "France has for years been supplying Lebanese security forces with law enforcement...

Demand for meats and some vegetable varieties has sharply dropped in northwestern regions of Syria, where refugee families scattered across camps are ailed by a crippling economic crisis, skyrocketing unemployment, poor humanitarian aid and a high population density. The opposition-led...

Syrian refugees languishing in a remote desert camp have launched a US awareness campaign which urges the Biden administration to do more for millions of displaced people and keep the pressure on Bashar al-Assad's government. The Tribal Council of Palmyra and Badia, one of several competing...