Egypt recorded its first MERS infection after a person who arrived from Saudi Arabia tested positive for the virus, state media reported on Saturday. MERS infections have killed 92 people in Saudi Arabia, where the coronavirus was first...

Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas said on Saturday he was still ready to extend stalled peace talks with Israel , as long as it met his long-standing demands to free prisoners and halt building on occupied land. Israel suspended the troubled, U.S.-sponsored negotiations with...

By P U L S E Media Org| In the West, Robert Fisk and Seymour Hersh are considered critical journalists. They occupy dissident positions in the English-speaking press. Among Syrians, however, they are viewed very differently. The problem with their writings on Syria is that it...

Controversial amendments to Jordan's anti-terrorism law seek to curb the influence of homegrown Al-Qaeda affiliated jihadists fighting the regime of the kingdom's northern neighbour Syria, analysts said. New articles added to the law approved by MPs on Tuesday deem "joining or...