This week, a Jordanian band went on a tour that included the Golan Heights, Nazareth, Haifa, Ramallah, Bethlehem and Jerusalem. But the popular music group which is rated as one of the top five in the region faced a concerted social media and online attack as having participated in a...

The main Syrian opposition group within the Syrian National Coalition said Sunday it would not attend a proposed peace conference in Geneva and would quit if the whole coalition participated. “The Syrian National Council, which is the biggest bloc in the Coalition, has taken the firm...

There was a moment midway through Malala Yousafzai's much-watched interview on "The Daily Show" when host Jon Stewart announced, apparently spontaneously, and in words that seemed to channel how much of the West feels about this young Pakistani woman, "I want to adopt you." The comment captured...

  Jihadi-led rebel fighters in Syria committed a war crime when they killed at least 190 civilians and abducted more than 200 during an offensive against pro-regime villages, an international human rights group said Friday.   The Aug. 4 attacks on...