The 193-member U.N. General Assembly elected Jordan to the U.N. Security Council on Friday to replace Saudi Arabia, which rejected its two-year term in protest at the council's failure to end the war in Syria and act on other Middle East issues. Saudi Arabia was elected in October to...

Germany says it will take in a further 5,000 refugees from Syria, doubling its current offer of shelter for people fleeing the Arab nation's civil war. The decision was announced Friday at a meeting of officials from Germany's 16 states, which share responsibility for housing...

Hezbollah senior commander has been died of his wounds in Qalamoun battles, ‘’not gunned down outside his home in southern Beirut,’’ Qalamoun Media Center said.  ''Hezbollah  deliberately  hides the truth to keep its fighters’ morale high,'' the...

Suhair Atassi is a hard stone, can not be shifted, activists said after keeping her post as president of the controversial Aid Coordination Unit. ‘’As regime as opposition,’’ others said, in reference to the mentality of some opposition figures. Atassi posted...