An Israeli military general is calling on a United Nations agency to fire a Palestinian staff member he claims has been elected to a leadership position with the Islamist group Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Maj. Gen. Yoav Mordechai of the Israeli defense body COGAT said Sunday he demanded the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A leaked document obtained by Zaman al-Wasl reveals the names of 170 political prisoners detained in Palmyra (Tadmour) Prison whom the al-Assad regime transferred to Tartus before the Islamic State forces took control of the city in 2015. The document was leaked by an official...

Syrian government and opposition delegates to peace talks in Geneva on Saturday warned of the impact on negotiations after a day of violence in Syria that included jihadist suicide bombings and missile strikes by the air force. The United Nations opened the peace talks with a symbolic...

Hundreds of Christians are fleeing Egypt’s restive Sinai Peninsula as the Islamic State affiliate there has increasingly targeted the community in recent weeks, according to witnesses, clergy and human rights activists. In the past month alone, suspected Islamic State militants have killed...