A car bomb exploded Tuesday in the Syrian regime's coastal stronghold of Latakia, killing one person and wounding four others, state news agency SANA reported. "Initial reports indicate that a car bomb exploded and that the driver was killed while four other people were wounded," SANA said,...

Hamas on Tuesday decried calls by the Ramallah-based Palestinian Authority (PA) to hold Palestinian legislative polls “as soon as possible”, saying such calls were “in violation of past [Hamas-Fatah] reconciliation agreements”. “All the Palestinian factions have agreed to hold...

Jordan’s King Abdullah II on Tuesday approved a second limited reshuffle in Prime Minister Omar al-Razzaz’s cabinet, according to a statement issued by the Jordanian Royal Court.  The reshuffle includes naming new ministers for education and tourism, the two portfolios that had...

Palestinian inmates at the Israel-run Ofer Prison in the occupied West Bank have vowed to “escalate” their protest activities following an assault by prison guards. In a press statement released Monday, inmates called on international rights groups “to shoulder their humanitarian,...