(Reuters) - A U.S. think tank analyst and former diplomat who has written articles critical of Egypt's government was blocked from entering the country to attend a conference on Saturday. Michele Dunne, a former diplomat once posted to Cairo and a senior associate at the...

  (Al Arabiya News)- Syria’s Hazem Sharif was crowned on Saturday Arab Idol 2014, the most watched show in the Middle East, beating off his two rivals Palestinian Haitham Khalailah and Majid Al Madani from Saudi Arabia. Judges Ahlam, from the...

(Reuters) - Islamic State fighters stormed a town in Iraq's western Anbar province on Saturday, killing at least 19 policemen and trapping others inside their headquarters, in the latest attack in the desert region where it controls large amounts of territory, officials said....

Translation by Yusra Ahmed   (Zaman Al Wasl)- The National Coalition’s Ambassador to Doha, Nizar al-Hiraki, ended the controversy about renewing Syrian passports, as he confirmed that Syrian passports' renewal would take place in the Embassy...