(News Week)- In a recent interview with Al-Mayadeen television, Hezbollah’s number two, Sheikh Naim Qassem, insisted that “Hezbollah would be the one deciding when to leave Syria, “which will take place when the party is guaranteed that ‘Syria as a resistance’ will remain.”...

Syrian engineers were expected to carry out urgent maintenance Wednesday on the country's largest dam, where U.S.-backed fighters have been battling ISIS who still control most of it. The maintenance work, which entails opening a spillway to relieve the pressure of water on the dam, will...

Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas has met one of U.S. President Donald Trump's top envoys on the sidelines of an Arab summit as the White House seeks ways to restart Israeli-Palestinian talks. The meeting Tuesday night comes ahead of Abbas's expected visit to the White House in April and...

Iraqi special forces and police fought ISIS militants to edge closer to the al-Nuri mosque in western Mosul Wednesday, tightening their control around the landmark site in the battle to recapture Iraq's second city, military commanders said. The close-quarters fighting is focused on the Old...