Whistleblowing group WikiLeaks said Tuesday it had no knowledge of and did not approve a delegation to Syria which met President Bashar al-Assad and included members of Australia’s WikiLeaks Party. The delegation, aimed at showing solidarity with the Syrian people and...

A new Syrian opposition bloc seeks to form new body instead of the west-backed National Coalition in their upcoming meeting in Cordoba, the southern city of Spain on January 9 and 10, Special source told Zaman Alwasl. More than 200 participants will attend the conference,...

  Controversy has snowballed this month over prominent Lebanese composer Ziad Rahbani’s statement that his mother, the legendary Arab singer Fairuz, supports Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah. Fairuz, a Syriac Orthodox Christian born in Beirut, is among the best known and...

If there was any hope left that the generals who overthrew Egypt's elected president six months ago might ease the state's crackdown on dissent, a suicide bomb that ripped through a police station on Tuesday may have destroyed it. The most populous Arab country enters the new year with...