(Reuters) - Iraq's president named a new prime minister to end Nuri al-Maliki's eight year rule on Monday, but the veteran leader refused to go after deploying militias and special forces on the streets, creating a dangerous political showdown in Baghdad. Washington, which...

  (Zaman Alwasl)- Syrian regime forces have made rapid advances in western countryside of Aleppo province, taking control of three villages as an Islamist rebel group retreated over infighting with al-Mujahedeen Army, well-informed source told...

King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia discussed developments in Syria, Iraq, Gaza and Libya with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, during Sisi's first visit to his regime's powerful ally since winning May elections. Sisi flew to the Red Sea city of Jeddah late on Sunday and held...

(Reporting by Abdullah Raja; Translation by Yusra Ahmed) A member of the Central Committee of the Palestinian Fatah movement and Chief negotiator, Dr. Nabil Shaath, revealed to Zaman Alwasl that negotiation team to Cairo would not compromise and let...