As Salman bin Abdulaziz becomes the new king of Saudi Arabia, he is not expected to make any significant policy changes regarding falling oil prices, the economy and relations with other states in the Middle East, experts say.  "We actually predict King Salman to...

  The most significant political news from Saudi Arabia this week was not the   death of King Abdullah , at the age of ninety, or the ascension of his half-brother Salman to the throne. Abdullah had been ill and Salman had been his designated successor for some...

(Reuters) - Tunisian Prime Minister-designate Habib Essid said on Friday he had formed a government without any cabinet posts for moderate Islamists after negotiations among secular party Nidaa Tounes and other smaller partners in parliament. The full assembly must now vote...

ِThe death toll of the Syrian regime air strike on Hamoria village near Damascus has topped 65, opposition activists said on Friday . Syrian government officials were not immediately available to comment on the reported attack in Hamoria, a district in the Eastern Ghouta...