Lebanon’s Prime Minister-designate  Nawaf Salam  said on Tuesday his hands are extended to everyone, in a gesture to the Iran-backed Hezbollah group that accused opponents of seeking to exclude it by nominating him for the post. Salam, nominated by a majority of Lebanese lawmakers...

Negotiators were trying to hammer out the final details of a  ceasefire in Gaza  on Wednesday after marathon talks in Qatar, and US and Egyptian leaders promised to stay in close contact about a deal over the coming hours. More than eight hours of talks in Doha had fueled optimism....

Human Rights Watch stressed the need for the Syrian government to preserve evidence and documents related to detainees who were in the prisons of the ousted regime. The human rights organization said that tens of thousands of Syrians were forcibly disappeared by the security and...

The new governor of Syria’s central bank, Maysaa Sabreen, said the bank had enough money to pay salaries after a 400% increase. The Syrian official told Reuters she wanted to boost the institution’s independence over monetary policy decisions, in what would be a major shift from the...