Hezbollah is the party to blame for the infiltration of terrorism into Lebanon, former Prime Minister Saad Hariri said in an article published Sunday, as he reiterated his condemnation of Hezbollah’s intervention in the Syrian crisis. “No matter what excuses Hezbollah uses to...

Jabhat al-Nusra, al-Qaeda main branch in Syria, issued a circular, warning its jihadists of moving or touring without an escort of local fighters over kidnapping 7 foreign jihadists in Raqqa, east Syria so far, field sources told Zaman Alwasl. The Islamic Movement of Ahrar...

Fierce fighting to the east of Damascus has killed more than 160 people in the past two days as Syrian rebels struggle to break a months-long blockade by forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad, activists said on Sunday. It began on Friday when rebel units attacked a string of...

Egypt said on Saturday it was expelling Turkey's ambassador and accused Ankara of backing organisations bent on undermining the country - an apparent reference to the Muslim Brotherhood of ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Mursi. Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, himself a...