Egyptian and Palestinian leaders have met amid signs of a rapprochement between Cairo and the Islamic militant Hamas group that could shake up Gaza's political landscape and sideline the Palestinian president. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Egypt's Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi met Sunday....

Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Sunday denied reports of a "breakthrough" in talks with Hamas over returning Israeli citizens and bodies of soldiers held in Gaza in exchange for Palestinian prisoners. According to Lebanese daily Al-Akhbar, Israel and Hamas were on the brink of an...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 10 fighters loyal to Bashar al-Assad killed early Sunday in surprise attack conducted by Ahrar al-Sham movement on Harbanfseh town in central Homs province, local reporter said. The elite forces of the powel islamist group carried out a surpite attack on al...

De-escalation zones in Syria are crucial for Syria's territorial integrity, the Russian president said Saturday on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany. Vladimir Putin stressed Turkey’s importance in establishing de-escalation zones in certain areas of Syria’s. "The...