The shadowy leader of the Islamic State group who presided over its global jihad and became arguably the world's most wanted man, is dead after being targeted by a U.S. military raid in Syria, President Donald Trump said Sunday. "Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is dead," Trump announced at the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A suspected Turkish force has made an overnight air drop in Idlib countryside, tracking Hurras al-Din group, the new al-Qaeda branch in Syria, local reporter said. The helicopter-borne raid has been chasing a convoy for Hurras al-Din fighters near the village...

In an unmarked villa, nestled amid homes in an upscale Dubai neighborhood, a congregation prays in the first fully functioning synagogue in the Arabian Peninsula in decades. Though its members keep its precise location secret, the synagogue's existence and the tacit approval it has...

With his easy smile and grandfatherly demeanour, Reuven Rivlin can seem a perfect fit for the mainly ceremonial role of Israeli president, but his job has suddenly turned more challenging. The 80-year-old has found himself involved in efforts to extricate the country from political deadlock...