The Palestinians are asking the European Union to pick up the mantle in defense of the two-state solution if the upcoming US peace plan ditches Palestinian statehood, their UN envoy said Tuesday. President Donald Trump's administration is expected to unveil the long-awaited plan possibly as...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Ammar al-Sheikh Haidar, former detainee and political dissident, has decided to go on a silent hunger strike and to sit in front of the Canadian consulate in Istanbul on Monday to protest against the freezing of his settlement file.  “I am no more than a burden...

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...