Israel has detained a Palestinian with dual Canadian and Jordanian citizenship suspected of links with the Islamist group Hamas, an Israeli security official told Reuters on Monday. The official, who could not be named, said Ibrahim Siam was detained on May 5 at the Allenby...
When Lebanon's Hezbollah first joined Syria's war on the side of President Bashar al-Assad, its role was a closely guarded secret. Today, as Hezbollah plants its flag in land won from rebels north of Damascus, its role could hardly be more public. And for Syria's increasingly embattled...
(Translation by Yusra Ahmed) The Lebanese Army has exceeded all the red lines in the bad treatment of Syrian refugees, they even forced a woman to get out of the bathroom naked beside humiliating children and women. Sheikh Hosam Ghali, member of the International Union for Muslim...
The U.N. Syria envoy who is presiding over the Geneva peace consultations, has asked the National Coalition for a new meeting in Istanbul, days after an official rejection to attend the planned Geneva talks by the Western-backed opposition and armed groups. Zaman al-Wasl source said the...
