Jordan’s King Abdullah told U.S. President Donald Trump’s adviser Jared Kushner on Wednesday that a lasting Middle East peace can come only with the creation of a Palestinian state on land captured by Israel in a 1967 war and with East Jerusalem as its capital. Kushner is leading a U.S....

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Lebanon General Security Directorate held at least 43 Syrians, including 12 children, saying they were crossing the border illegally, according to an official statement issued Wednesday. The Lebanese Security said the detained Syrians were caught in al-Manara town...

 (Zaman al-Wasl)- The fate of the Syrian poet Anas al-Abbas is still unknown after 40 days of his abduction in Lebanon’s beirut, according to his friend and journalist Amer Matar. The 37-year-old al-Abbas was kidnapped from a hostel in Ain Mraiseh district in central Beirut...

Regional heavyweight Saudi Arabia hosts Islamic, Arab and Gulf summits this week as tensions between Iran and the US raise fears of military escalation. The three summits in Mecca, Islam's holiest city, allow US ally Riyadh the chance to present unified Islamic, Arab and Gulf fronts against...