ANKARA, Turkey --  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused opposition parties  of stoking xenophobia and racism  on Monday, a day after residents in a neighborhood in central Turkey set Syrian-owned shops on fire. The rioting erupted in the Melikgazi region of central...

At least 9,623 Palestinians are currently held in Israeli prisons, official Israeli figures showed on Monday.  Some 3,379 Palestinians are held without trial or charge under Israel’s administrative detention policy and 1,402 are classified as unlawful combatant, Israeli human rights...

The Russian-backed Syrian regime army has sent military reinforcements in the Badia desert in preparation for carrying out a massive sweeping operation against Islamic State's sleeping cells, local sources told Zaman al-Wasl Forces from the 25th Special Tasks Division, the 5th...

The Israeli army released the director of the Al-Shifa Medical Complex in Gaza City on Monday after more than seven months of detention following a military operation at the hospital last November. Dr. Mohammed Abu Salmiya was among 50 Palestinians who were released across the eastern border...