Israel's military says it has recovered the remains of an Israeli soldier missing since the 1982 war in Lebanon. The body of Sergeant First Class Zachary Baumel, a US-born tank commander, was flown back to Israel on an El Al plane a few days ago. He was one of three soldiers still...

Syrian militiamen paid by Iran have seen their salaries slashed. Projects Iran promised to help Syria’s ailing economy have stalled. Even employees of Hezbollah, the Lebanese group that has long served as Iran’s closest Arab ally, say they have missed paychecks and lost other perks....

There's a saying in Arabic: Learning while young is like carving in stone. (It rhymes in the original.) The saying has come to the fore as authorities begin efforts to reeducate about 25,000 school-age children being held in Al Hol, the desolate internment camp on the edge of eastern Syria...

Dozens of Tunisians protested in the Tunisian capital Tunis against the Arab summit being held on Sunday. Earlier on Sunday, the 30th Arab Summit kicked off in Tunis amid absence of almost half of the Arab leaders. The demonstration -- called by Tunisian Network to Address...