The Arab League has called an emergency meeting of the Arab foreign ministers on Wednesday to discuss Israeli violations against Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque.  In a statement on Sunday, the league said the meeting will be held at the request of Jordan.  The call came one day...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faced mounting pressure Sunday over new security measures at a sensitive Jerusalem holy site after a weekend of violence left eight people dead, with fears more unrest could follow. Israeli officials signalled they may be open to changing the...

Israel will not remove metal detectors whose installation outside a major Jerusalem mosque has triggered the bloodiest confrontations with the Palestinians in years, but could eventually reduce their use, Israeli officials said on Sunday. With Israeli generals warning the violence may...

Iran and Iraq signed an agreement on Sunday to step up military cooperation and the fight against "terrorism and extremism," Iranian media reported, an accord which is likely to raise concerns in Washington. Iranian Defense Minister Hossein Dehghan and his Iraqi counterpart Erfan al-Hiyali...

More than 600,000 people are expected to contract cholera in Yemen this year, the International Committee of the Red Cross warned Sunday as the war-torn country's healthcare system faces collapse. One in every 45 Yemenis will have contracted the disease by December as "a direct consequence...

Pope Francis has appealed for moderation after recent killings at a Jerusalem holy site. Francis told faithful Sunday in St. Peter's Square that he was following "with trepidation the grave tensions and violence" unleashed at a contested shrine. Last week Arab gunmen, shooting from the...

An exiled Palestinian politician who quietly negotiated a power-sharing deal for Gaza with former arch foe Hamas discussed the details for the first time in an interview, saying he expects it to lead to a swift opening of the blockaded territory’s border with Egypt and an easing of crippling...

Israel installed new security cameras Sunday at the entrance to a sensitive Jerusalem holy site, as officials began indicating it was considering “alternatives” to the metal detectors at the contested shrine that set off a weekend of violence and raised tensions in the region. Israel...

Eight people were found dead in a tractor-trailer outside a Walmart store in the stifling summer heat in what police called a horrific human trafficking case, and the driver was arrested. Several other people, possibly dozens, were found in the truck, which didn’t have a working air...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Hayat Tahrir al-Sham is abided by the ceasefire deal with moderate Ahrar al-Sham despite discord over Bab al-Hawa border crossing, an important supply route for Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army (FSA), well-informed source said. The alliance that led by al Qaeda's...

Syrian regime forces and their allies have recaptured territory from Daesh (ISIS) southeast of its stronghold Raqqa after air strikes in the area, a pro-Damascus military media unit and war monitors reported. The advances towards the provincial boundary between Raqqa and Deir al-Zor...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime warplanes on Sunday carried out six raids on Eastern Ghouta suburbs, less than 24 hours since regime has declared cessation of hostilities near the capital, local reporter said. The strikes have targeted towns of Douma, Eiyn Tarma, al-Rihan and Jisreen. No...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) is mobilizing troop to overrun Atareb town in Aleppo province, such a move follows a week of fighting moderate Ahrar al-Sham movement and taking most of its territory in northern Idlib province. People of Atareb went to streets at midnight,...

(Zaman Al Wasl)-   Ahrar al-Sham, o nce Syria's powerful Islamist group, has faced a big blow this week when an alliance led by al Qaeda's former Syria branch expanded its control territory in northern Idlib province, reaching a strategic border crossing with Turkey on Friday....

Hundreds of British Palestinians staged a protest in front of Israel’s London embassy against the latest restrictions around the Muslims’ third holiest site in Jerusalem on Saturday. The emergency protest called for by the Palestinian Forum in Britain saw protesters from all ages, and...

The United Nations Security Council will meet on Monday to discuss the bloodiest spate of Israeli-Palestinian violence for years, diplomats said on Saturday. Sweden, Egypt and France requested the meeting to "urgently discuss how calls for de-escalation in Jerusalem can be supported,"...

(Eqtsad)- After the border crossings with Turkey opened to visitors, loved ones met after long absences and many families were reunited. The opening of the border crossings coincided with the decision to reduce the escalation of tension, and the general calm witnessed in northern Syria in the...

 Venezuelans marched to the Supreme Court in Caracas on Saturday to press their demands that embattled President Nicolas Maduro leave office, as months of sometimes deadly anti-government demonstrations showed no signs of abating. The rally was also meant as a show of support for a...

Iran announced the launch of a new missile production line on Saturday, according to state media, against a backdrop of tension between the United States and Tehran. The Sayyad 3 missile can reach an altitude of 27 km (16 miles) and travel up to 120 km (74 miles), Iranian defence minister...

(The National)- An international human rights group said on Thursday there was evidence of torture on the bodies of Syrian refugees who died in the custody of the Lebanese army after mass arrests during raids on refugee camps late last month. The military said that four of the nearly...