Warring parties in Syria have agreed local ceasefires in two Shi'ite villages in northwestern Syria and a town near the Lebanese border, a group monitoring the war and the al-Manar TV station controlled by Lebanon's Hezbollah reported. It will be the third time local ceasefires have been...

Nearly 4,700 migrants were rescued off the coast of Libya on Saturday as they tried to reach Europe but one woman was found dead, Italy's coastguard said. Tens of thousands of people, mainly from Africa and the Middle East, have tried to cross the Mediterranean this year, often...

Pope Francis told former Cold War foes Cuba and the United States on Saturday to set an example for the world by deepening the recent rapprochement that he helped broker. His zucchetto skullcap flying off in the Caribbean breeze at the start of a nine-day tour of Cuba and the...

(Reporting by Faris al-Rifai; Translation by Yusra Ahmed) In a deep valley near the village of Kaeb Ammar near the coastal city of Banias, a fortified Russian military base was built up years ago, activists told Zaman al-Wasl as local activists report an intense Russian deployment for forces...