President Barack Obama hailed Israeli elder statesman Shimon Peres, who died Wednesday, as a friend who refused to give up on the dream of peace, while former president Bill Clinton called him "a genius with a big heart." Obama said Peres' commitment to Israel's security and pursuit of peace...

Former Israeli president and elder statesman Shimon Peres died in Tel Aviv on Wednesday aged 93, Israel Radio said. Peres was hospitalized following a stroke two weeks ago and had made some progress before a sudden deterioration in his condition on Tuesday. An official announcement of the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The opposition member and former businessman Maamoun al-Homsi revealed the story behind the pictures circulated by the pro-regime websites and pages on Tuesday evening. In the pictures, al-Homsi appears before a stand selling Arabic coffee and Sahleb (a warm drink). In the...

The U.S. State Department said on Tuesday it was providing an additional $364 million in humanitarian assistance to help Syrians caught up in the country's civil war, bringing total U.S. humanitarian spending for Syria to about $5.9 billion. Assistant Secretary of State for Population,...