Fire by snipers loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is blocking efforts to evacuate 12 Syrian and Lebanese Orthodox nuns from their convent in the town of Maalula, which was overrun by rebels on Monday, Al Arabiya News Channel reported Tuesday, citing rebel sources....

Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet with Saudi intelligence chief Prince Bandar Bin Sultan in Moscow on Tuesday, Al Arabiya News Channel reported.   Details of the planned meeting are not immediately available, but the talks are likely to focus on the...

Representatives from the Ministry of Labor and Social Affair in Amman have met journalists working in Syria al-Shaab Satellite Channel to inform them of shutting down the channel, besides forcing them to write a pledge to stop working. Many other channels, Syrian or...

  At least 23 people were killed, including the Iranian cultural attache, following two blasts near the Iranian embassy in Beirut on Tuesday. The death of the cultural attaché was confirmed by the Iranian ambassador. Most of the other casualties are civilians,...