(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian activists said the Lebanese security had arrested activist Ahmed al-Khader two weeks ago in Beirut  over no concrete charges and  in spite of his legal residency. Al-Khader fled the town of al-Hola in central Homs province to Lebanon,...

White House adviser Jared Kushner said on Wednesday the United States is willing to engage with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas but hinted a new peace plan might call on Palestinian refugees to settle where they are and not return to lands now in Israel. At a workshop in Bahrain last...

The Lebanese government vowed on Monday to restore security to an area of a deadly shooting that has stirred fear of renewed strife in the Chouf Mountains, one of the bloodiest theaters of the 1975-90 civil war. Two aides of government minister Saleh al-Gharib, the state minister for...

The Lebanese army started destroying Syrian refugee settlements in northeast Lebanon Monday after the expiry of a government ultimatum, officials said, as aid groups warned of more demolitions in the coming days. Keen not to encourage Syrians to settle permanently, the government had given...