The Trump administration is preparing to withhold tens of millions of dollars from the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees, cutting the year's first contribution by more than half or perhaps entirely, and making additional donations contingent on major changes to the organization, according to...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Prominent commander in the Lebanese Hezbollah militia was killed by ISIS in the eastern countryside of Homs province, local reporter said on Sunday. Four Hezbollah fighters were also killed with Mohamed Sadeq Sharafeddin in the Syrian desert as social media activists...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 75 regime troops were killed when rebels launched a counterattack against regime forces and their allies in Idlib province on Thursday, local reporter said. Rebels said they had captured some 15 villages and seized 60 government fighters, but military source...

A Syrian refugee in Lebanon set himself on fire Wednesday outside a UN office in desperation at aid getting cut off to his family, suffering serious burns. Refugee agency UNHCR and the World Food Programme told AFP that the man -- named by family as 43-year-old father of four Ryad...