France and its African partners must work together to wipe out Islamist militants in the volatile Sahel region, President Emmanuel Macron said at the opening of a summit in Mali's capital Bamako on Sunday. Leaders of the G5 Sahel bloc - Mali, Burkina Faso, Mauritania, Niger and Chad - were...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A big fire tore through a camp for Syrian refugees in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley on Sunday, killing three refugees, a security offcials said. The camp is located near the town of Qab Elias, an hour's drive from Beirut. Meanwhile, Syrian refugees who endured to major...

French energy giant Total is to sign a $4.8 billion agreement to develop an Iranian offshore gas field, the oil ministry said Sunday, in the biggest foreign deal since sanctions were eased. "The international agreement for the development of phase 11 of South Pars will be signed on Monday in...

Israeli security forces detained a female Palestinian lawmaker on Sunday for alleged security offenses. The Shin Bet internal security service said Khalida Jarrar was arrested along with a Palestinian activist near the West Bank city of Ramallah for "promoting terror activities," without...