France's parliament overwhelmingly backed a new law Wednesday to clean up politics, a campaign promise of President Emmanuel Macron following a string of scandals. A total of 412 lawmakers backed the bill, against 74 with 62 abstentions. The law, which follows a string of scandals in...

Women fighters danced to Kurdish songs in a village in northern Syria on Wednesday after completing their military training to join the battle against Daesh (ISIS). The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), an alliance of local militias supported by a U.S.-led coalition, had given the 210 women a...

In a humid room in the besieged Syrian town of Douma, Abu Nabil inspects the pearly white mushrooms sprouting from white sacks hanging from a ceiling. The oyster mushrooms poking out from holes in the bags are now a substitute for meat in the rebel stronghold, where a government blockade has...

( The New Arab )- It could be the lure of Bethlehem's Banksy hotel offering "the worst view in the world" that is attracting tourists in their thousands to the West Bank, but whatever has propelled Palestine to the top of the list of 2017's fastest-growing tourist destinations is helping bring...