RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — A popular Palestinian leader imprisoned by Israel has registered his own parliamentary list in May elections, his supporters said Wednesday, in a last-minute shakeup that could severely weaken President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah party and help its militant Hamas...

Qatari Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani received a phone call from Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during which they discussed bilateral relations between the two countries, according to the state news agency QNA. The contact is the second between the two leaders since Qatar signed...

Syrian army's Fourth Division on Saturday sent reinforcements to the central Homs province amid an unprecedented rise in the Islmaic State attacks in the Syrian desert, sources told Zaman al-Wasl. The military convoy of the elite Fourth Division left early Saturday the town of Qalaat...

Hamas announced the appointment of a Palestinian woman as a member in its political bureau for the first time since its creation. Jamila Al-Shanti, 64, is the first woman to become a member of its bureau. Speaking to Anadolu Agency she said that she came to this position not by...