Hundreds of schoolchildren led anti-government demonstrations across Lebanon on Wednesday, refusing to return to class before the demands of a nearly three-week-old protest movement are met. In the capital Beirut, dozens gathered in front of the education ministry, brandishing Lebanese...

Riyadh has an "open channel" with Yemen's Iran-backed rebels with the goal of ending the country's civil war, a Saudi official said Wednesday, weeks after the rebels offered to halt attacks on the kingdom. The comment comes after Saudi Arabia brokered a power sharing agreement between...

Donald Trump has reportedly approved an expanded US military mission to secure an expanse of oil fields across eastern Syria. The US president’s actions raise a number of legal questions about whether American troops can launch attacks against Syrian, Russian or other forces if they...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Residents of southern Sweida province have voiced concerns of mounting cases of kidnappings by gangeserts, local news site reported. Sweida 24 said 18 people were kidnapped in October by gangs for ransom from the Druze stronghold in southern Syria, such a high rate of...