Islamic State looks about to lose its last foothold on the banks of the Euphrates in Syria, but though its era of territorial rule may have been expunged for now, there is near universal agreement that the group remains a threat. WHAT HAS ITS TERRITORIAL DEFEAT ACCOMPLISHED?...

Jordan’s Prime Minister Omar al-Razzaz appealed on Wednesday to major donors to continue multi-billion dollar funding for Syrian refugees in the kingdom, saying most of those who had fled the eight-year conflict had no intention of returning any time soon. Razzaz told representatives of...

Nesma Ghanem is hoping for a fourth child even though her doctor says her body can’t handle a pregnancy at the moment. She has three daughters and would like them to have a brother. “In the future he could support his father and the girls,” said Ghanem, 27, who lives in a village in...

A Palestinian minister on Wednesday warned of Israeli plans to divide East Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque.  Israel "is seeking to control the Bab al-Rahma area”, on the eastern wall of Jerusalem’s Old City, Minister of Jerusalem Affairs Adnan al-Husseini told a press...