By Faris Rifai (Zaman Al Wasl)- Nomair al-Basha, a businessman from Yabrud town northwest of Damascus was tortured to death by Syrian Intelligence over providing aid to displaced people in his hometown in the first year of revolution. Al-Basha was born in January 3, 1960 of a Syrian father...

 France said its security forces were fully mobilized for a presidential election at the weekend after the killing of a policeman by an Islamist militant threw a dark shadow over the last day of an unpredictable campaign. With the first round of voting in the two-stage election due to...

Israel reopened a border crossing into Egypt's Sinai region Friday after a more than week-long closure due to security threats, but urged its citizens to avoid visiting the peninsula. A statement from the prime minister's office said that based on an assessment at the counter-terrorism...

U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis visited Israel Friday for talks expected to focus on Iran, Syria and the two countries' close strategic relations despite recent tensions with Barack Obama's administration. Mattis held talks with Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman Friday morning, to be...