The Greek Orthodox Church of Our Lady of the Annunciation held a mass on Saturday for three detainees executed in Tadmur (Palmyra) Prison between 1982 and 1983, after their fates were confirmed according to documents published by Zaman al-Wasl. According to a source close to the newspaper,...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he was sending a team to Qatar Sunday for talks on a truce and hostage release in Gaza, after Hamas said it was ready to start negotiations “immediately.” But Netanyahu, who is due to meet with President Donald Trump in Washington on Monday,...

Britain said on Saturday it was reestablishing diplomatic relations with Syria after the country’s years-long civil war, as foreign minister David Lammy visited its capital Damascus, pledging 94.5 million pounds ($129 million) in support. “There is renewed hope for the Syrian people,”...

Jordanian Interior Minister Mazen Faraya said that 97,000 Syrian refugees have voluntarily returned from Jordan to their country since the beginning of this year. Faraya added, in statements he made on Saturday, as reported by Al Mamlaka TV, that the Jaber border crossing witnessed the largest...