Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- Rebels of the embattled Eastern Ghouta suburbs, in statement issued on Wednesday, insisted on the planned truce with Syrian regime to open a humanitarian corridor to the Town of Erbin, accusing the Nusra Front of hindering the...

Tokyo (AFP) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was rushing home from the Middle East Wednesday to take charge of Tokyo's response to Islamic militants threatening to kill two nationals unless he pays a $200 million ransom. A defiant Abe vowed he would not bow to "terrorism", as...

(Al Arabiya News)- Many have cheered for the sudden Israeli strike which on Sunday killed six Hezbollah members and a general in the Iranian revolutionary guards who, for some reason, were secretly present in Syria's Quneitra. The cheering expresses anger and indignation and many...

An Israeli helicopter attack killed five members of Hezbollah operating out of Syria over the weekend. Among the dead were senior Hezbollah figures and an Iranian general, raising tensions in Lebanon of a potential return to hostilities between the two neighboring countries....