BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s outgoing government on Friday approved a recovery plan for pulling the Mideast nation out of its economic meltdown, the country's information minister said. The development came during the Cabinet’s last official meeting before it becomes a caretaker government...

Three Syrian regime soldiers were killed on Thursday in an ambush by the "Islamic State" group that targeted a military vehicle in the Palmyra desert in central Syria.   Informed sources told Zaman al-Wasl that "three forces were killed at dawn on Thursday, and two others were seriously...

A former leader in the ruling Syrian Al-Baath party and former armed militia leader has joined the humanitarian work after arriving in Germany and obtaining temporary protection, a well-informed source told Zaman al-Wasl.   Amal Ezzo, 55, who lives in the city of Gostrof in the province...

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The Russian military said Thursday that more Ukrainian fighters who were making a last stand in Mariupol have surrendered, bringing the total who have left their stronghold to 1,730, while the Red Cross said it had registered hundreds of them as prisoners of war. The...