In April 2007, a short, bald and burly man walked into the West Wing of the White House. He carried a small briefcase with a few folders chaotically jutting out. Inside, three men were waiting: National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley, Hadley’s deputy, Elliott Abrams, and a surprise...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Association of Muslim Scholars in Lebanon condemned the decision of the Supreme Defense Council to demolish housing and thousands of tents for Syrian displaced persons on Lebanese territory. According to the association, the decision will leave people without...

The sudden re-emergence of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the self-appointed caliph of the Islamic State, did not alarm his former friend and present rival Abu Mohammad al-Julani. Stripped of all territory once under his control, with an army that crumbled throughout the deserts of Syria and Iraq,...

Spain will not allow its embassy in Caracas to be used as a political center for opposition politician Leopoldo Lopez, acting Foreign Minister Josep Borrell said in Lebanon on Friday. Lopez, an ally of Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido, took refuge at the Spanish residence with his...