Mohamed Talbi, a prominent Tunisian academic and specialist on Islam, died early Monday aged 95, the country's culture ministry said. Talbi, who was born in Tunis in 1921, was one of the "founders of the modern Tunisian university" and a "great intellectual" figure, the ministry said in a...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 70 Syrian refugee families in northern Lebanon hve founded nowhere to go after revoking land rent contract and license they were granted for building a camp for them. The 70 families have been displaced from Idlib and rented a land in the town of Halaba in Akkar...

The U.S.-led coalition has come under increasing scrutiny by monitoring groups regarding civilian casualties in the fight against ISIS in Iraq, a turn that is worrying some in the country's political leadership who fear the destruction and loss of life could complicate hopes of reconciliation...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Spokesman for powerful Jaish al-Islam group said no orders give to open fire on protests in the Eastern Ghouta as death toll of the 4-day fighting with rival Islamist group topped 120, according to Zaman’s reporter. Local activists surfaced on social media footage showing...