The United States and Russia announced plans for a "cessation of hostilities" in Syria that would take effect on Saturday but exclude groups such as Islamic State and al Qaeda's Nusra Front, a loophole Syrian rebels immediately highlighted as a problem. Monday's agreement,...

Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- 'Hekayat Hassan', or Hassan's Story, a documentary aired Saturday by the Saudi-owned Al Arabiya news channel, has sparked outrage in the kingdom and abroad since the 'biography' has glorified Lebanese Hezbollah's leader Hassan Nasrallah. Activists...

Translation by Yusra Ahmed ( Eqtsad - Zamana Al Wasl)- Sarah, the Syrian refugee woman in Egypt who was waiting to follow her a asylum-seeker husband to Sweden, has never expected to be dumped and divorced as the husband changed migration plans and decided to start a new life in Germany....

Saudi Arabia's state-run news agency says kingdom is halting $3 billion arms deal with Lebanon over the Mediterranean country's recent diplomatic positions — a veiled reference to the kingdom's spat with Iran. Riyadh says it would also halt a $1 billion deal to equip Lebanese police. The...