(Zaman Al Wasl)- Militants loyal to Bashar al-Assad have executed an old woman refused to leave her house in the newly-captured town of Khan Sheikhoun. Maryam al-Shalat was summarily executed on Sunday by regime militias, according to activists who circulated her photo...

Israel has lifted a restriction on fuel delivered to Gaza for electricity, a defense official said Monday, a week after cutting the flow by half over a series of violent incidents. Israeli defense ministry unit COGAT announced on August 26 it was halving the amount of fuel allowed into Gaza...

An escalation between Israel and Hezbollah has ended after a brief exchange of fire, but tensions remained high along the Lebanese border Monday after a series of accusations from the two enemies. Burnt fields could be seen in the border area and a new military checkpoint was set up outside...

Thousands of Hong Kong university and school students swapped classes for democracy demonstrations on Monday, the latest act of defiance in an anti-government movement that has plunged the Chinese-ruled city into its biggest political crisis in decades. The boycott follows a weekend marred...