As the parliamentary session for electing a long awaited president for Lebanon is scheduled on Thursday, 81 lawmakers representing different parties and blocs voiced support to Joseph Aoun, the country's army commander, placing him as the most likely candidate to take the position. The initial...

Following the fall of Syria’s Bashar Assad regime, women continue to work to make their voices heard and to be active stakeholders in shaping the new administration. The Syrian Women's Political Movement (SWPM) recently organized a press conference in the capital Damascus to convey their...

Israeli military strikes across Gaza killed at least 22 people on Wednesday, Palestinian medics said, as the US stepped up efforts to overcome sticking points between Israel and Hamas to reach a ceasefire to end the war. One of the airstrikes killed at least 10 people in a multi-storey house...

Fighters in southern Syria who helped topple President Bashar al-Assad are reluctant to disarm and disband as ordered by the country’s new rulers, their spokesman told AFP. An opposition forces offensive ripped through Syria from the north and into Damascus on December 8, bringing to a...