The uncle of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is set to go on trial in Paris Monday on charges of building up a property empire in France using funds from Syrian state coffers. Rifaat al-Assad, dubbed the "Butcher of Hama" for allegedly commanding troops that put down an uprising in central...

Palestinians staged a general strike in the West Bank city of Hebron (Al-Khalil) on Monday in protest of Israeli plans to build a new settlement in the flashpoint city.  Shops and public and private institutions shut their doors as part of the strike, according to an Anadolu Agency...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian National Army has preventing US-backed forces from entering the border town of Azaz late on Sunday, a spokesman for the Turkish-backed group told Zaman al-Wasl Monday. Major. Yousef al-Hammoud said the SNA had repelled the Syrian Democratic Forces south of...

Libya's UN-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) said Sunday that forces loyal to military commander Khalifa Haftar were prevented from entering the capital.  GNA military spokesman Mohammed Kanunu said the multinational forces had planned to enter Tripoli on Friday but were...