(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 5 pro-regime militants killed and 25 more wounded in clashes with te Islamic State in northwestern Hama province as regime forces backed by allied militias launched major offensive near Salamiya city, medics said Monday. The regime army said it had taken the...

Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain and Yemen on Monday cut links with Qatar, in the worst rift in years among some of the major states in the Arab world. Saudi Arabia and Bahrain were the first to sever all diplomatic ties with Qatar, citing national security...

Scores of former Palestinian prisoners freed by Israel and living in the Gaza Strip said on Sunday their stipends from the Western-backed Palestinian Authority have been suspended in an apparent bid to appease Israel and the United States. A spokesman for Palestinian prisoners said that 277...

 Hamas is denying a report that host Qatar has asked several leaders of the group to leave, but says some senior officials may be shifted to new locations based on "work requirements." Sunday's statement comes after the Lebanon-based TV station Al-Mayadeen reported that Qatar gave Hamas...