By Faris Rifai (Zaman Al Wasl)- Osama al-Habali, “the Heart of Khaldiya” died in Sednaya prison last Tuesday after 5 years in detention. Osama was one of the Syrian revolution’s icons, he was known as “The Heart of Khaldiya”, he was injured by shrapnel in his neck after a...

NATO will join the U.S.-led coalition fighting ISIS, alliance chief Jens Stoltenberg said Thursday, ahead of a summit with President Donald Trump. "This will send a strong political message of NATO's commitment to the fight against terrorism," Stoltenberg said. He stressed this did not...

OPEC and non-member oil producers are gearing up to extend output cuts Thursday, possibly by as long as 12 months, to help clear a global stocks overhang and prop up crude prices. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries is to discuss in Vienna whether to prolong an accord...

Violence and conflict in the Middle East and North Africa threaten the lives of over 24 million children, most of them in Yemen, Iraq and Syria, the United Nation’s children agency’s report said Wednesday. From cholera in Yemen to attacks on hospitals in Syria and the tens of thousands...