(Reuters) - Moqtada al-Sadr was leading in Iraq’s parliamentary election with over half of the votes counted, the electoral commission said on Sunday, pointing to a surprise comeback for the powerful Shi’ite cleric who had been sidelined by Iran-backed rivals. Shi’ite...

Palestinian Minister of Awqaf and Religious Affairs, Yousef Adeis, on Sunday called on Arab and Islamic worlds to defend Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque against Israeli violations.   Speaking to Anadolu Agency, Adeis said Israeli violations at Islamic and Christian holy...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Dozens of families have evacuated their homes in northeastern Hasaka province to avoid an imminent floods due to rise of water level in the Khabur and Jijk rivers, local activists said Sunday. After five years of drought in Syria, the heavy rain has rised water...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime forces stepped up its ground and aerial offensive on last ISIS and Tahrir al-Sham pockets in southern Damascus neighborhoods, local activists said Sunday. Daesh (ISIS) militants have been holed up there after weeks of intense bombardment on the al-Hajar...