Gulf Arab states will scrap by the end of the month a travel warning for citizens thinking of visiting Lebanon, in a sign of improving relations with the new Lebanese government, its tourism minister said on Wednesday. The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) - Saudi Arabia ,...

  By George Hadad; Translation by Dani Murad A leaked official document issued by the ministry of interior acknowledged the incident where regime forces, specifically the Fourth Division, and Republican Guard, have looted two apartments...

Some 2,000 rebels and civilians were to begin leaving besieged opposition-held districts of Homs city in central Syria on Wednesday under a deal between fighters and the government. Activists on the ground said two buses arrived in Homs early morning to begin the first of the...

An Egyptian court Tuesday banned senior members of the now-dissolved National Democratic Party of ousted president Hosni Mubarak from running in upcoming parliamentary elections, a judicial source said. A court disbanded the NDP shortly after Mubarak was forced out in 2011 but...