Hamas is due to end its decadelong dominance of Gaza by Friday in its biggest step yet toward Palestinian unity, but hopes raised by a reconciliation deal have already given way to doubts. The Palestinian Authority is supposed to take control of the strip by Dec. 1 under a landmark...

A breakthrough in U.N.-backed Syria peace talks in Geneva this week seems hardly more likely than in seven failed earlier rounds as President Bashar al-Assad pushes for total military victory and his opponents stick by their demand he leave power. U.N. Syria mediator Staffan de Mistura...

Lebanon’s prime minister said in an interview Sunday that providing a solution to Hezbollah’s arms is a regional matter and Lebanon “cannot do anything about the issue”. Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri told a Saudi magazine that he blamed Iran for using Hezbollah to...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- As Rawa'a, a 4-year-old Syrian refugee girl, plays in front of the door of her rented house near the Lebanese capital of Beirut, she is waiting for help that might save her right eye, which doctors decided to eradicate. Rawa'a  began to complain of pain in the eye...