(Zaman Al Wasl)- Activists appealed the Lebanese authorities not to deport member of opposition Ramez al-Sayed or hand him over to the regime as he never carried a weapon or fought, his only weapon being the pen and words, according to the appeal statement. Activists insisted on Lebanon...

Police fanned out across Hong Kong on Tuesday in a bid to deter pro-democracy protests as the city marked communist China's 70th birthday, with local officials watching a flag-raising ceremony behind closed doors because of security concerns. Authorities ramped up security checks ahead of...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- It has been five years since the Palestinian-Syrian blogger Taghreed Dawas saw her daughter, who is living with her father in the United Arab Emirates. The mother could not see her daughter because their European documents as refugees were not recognized, which led her to...

Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters were planning to rebuild “Lennon Walls” of anti-government graffiti on Saturday as they mark the fifth anniversary of the “Umbrella” street movement that gridlocked the Chinese-ruled city for weeks. A series of pro- and anti-Beijing protests is...