A teenage Syrian refugee won a prestigious international prize on Monday for building a school and providing an education to hundreds of children who fled to Lebanon to escape the conflict. Mohamad Al Jounde was just 12 years old when he decided to set up a school in the Bekaa Valley...

Former Egyptian prime minister Ahmed Shafik, who returned home from the United Arab Emirates after announcing his bid for Egypt’s presidency, appeared in Cairo on Sunday to say he was still considering his run in next year’s election. Shafik’s comments on a private Cairo...

(Zaman Al Wasl)-  Zaman al-Wasl has obtained a study made by experts and former military pilots detailing the mounting presence of the regional and international powers in Syria where most of airbases are under control of Iran, Russia, U.S., France and Turkey. Syria's...

When Italy organized a conference focused on the Middle East, the Gulf and North Africa, it promised to look beyond the turmoil roiling the region and instead promote a “positive agenda”. But many of the 45 heads of state, ministers and business leaders who attended the event over...