Syrian businessman Alaa Samani and his wife Hanaa Ismail join bumper to bumper traffic heading into an Aleppo district recently retaken by the regime to check on their chocolate factory. "Everything was destroyed," says Samani, driving into the city that was once Syria's main economic hub....

Israeli Prime Benjamin Netanyahu's corruption trial will open on March 17, just two weeks after the embattled leader tries to secure re-election, officials said Tuesday. Netanyahu, Israel's longest-serving premier and the first to be indicted while in office, has been charged with bribery,...

The United Nations on Tuesday welcomed a new EU naval operation to enforce an arms embargo on Libya as the warring sides in the conflict met for military talks in Geneva. EU foreign ministers agreed Monday to a naval mission that will be authorised to intervene to stop weapons shipments...

Algerian Foreign Minister Sabri Boukadoum arrived in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, according to the country's internationally recognized government. The top Algerian diplomat is scheduled to meet head of the Government of National Accord (GNA), Fayez al-Sarraj, later Tuesday for talks, a...