The fragile ties between Damascus and the Kurdish-led autonomous administration in northern Syria have seen a dangerous escalation amid widespread anticipation that US support for the Syrian Kurds will grow after the change of guard at the White House. The two sides have sought to besiege...

Two Syrian army forces, including an officer, were killed in an attack by unknown assailants on an army outpost in central Homs province, activists said Friday. The evening attack took place in the town of Talbiseh in the northern countryside of Homs, according to Zaman al-Wasl...

Around 95 Arab personalities and Christian clerics have petitioned French, American, German and British governments to lift the sanctions set against the Assad regime for having caused a humanitarian crisis in Syria, according to the petitioners; a message which Syrian analysts unanimously...

Delegates from Libya’s warring factions on Friday selected four leaders to guide the North African country through to national elections in December, seen as a major — if uncertain — step toward unifying a nation with two separate governments in the east and west. In what could become a...

The family of a prominent Lebanese publisher and harsh critic of the Shiite militant Hezbollah group who was shot dead said Friday they want a forensic doctor they hired to determine whether he was tortured before he was killed. The development came amid much speculation that the...

President Joe Biden's announcement that the U.S. will end its support of a Saudi-led coalition's yearslong war against Yemen's Houthi rebels likely will increase pressure on the kingdom to end its campaign there. However, reaching an enduring peace for the Arab world's poorest country still...

Norway’s domestic security agency said Friday that a Syrian teenager has been arrested in the Norwegian capital, Oslo, on suspicion of planning an act of terror. The agency, known by its acronym PST, said the suspect, who was arrested Thursday, was a boy aged 16. The Norwegian...

Lebanon should extend its full lockdown and 24-hour curfew another week as numbers of new COVID-19 cases remain "stubbornly high", Dr. Firass Abiad said Friday.

The Israeli military said Friday that an unarmed Palestinian man was shot and killed in a West Bank settlement after he tried to break into a home and fought with a guard. The military referred to the incident as a "terror attack," but a spokesman was unable to explain how it came to that...

Yasmina El Habbal long dreamed of giving birth to a daughter and planned to name her Ghalia, Arabic for "precious." She never got married, and never did. But in an Egyptian orphanage at age 40, she finally found her Ghalia: a fussy baby girl with large brown eyes who promptly fell asleep in...

Egypt has released Al Jazeera journalist Mahmoud Hussein after more than four years in detention on accusations of publishing false news, a security source said Friday. Hussein, an Egyptian national held under preventive detention since December 2016, was released from jail Thursday night,...

At a crucial moment in the fragile peace process, the raging Afghan conflict has entered a critical phase with a devastating string of targeted assassinations of government officials, and religious, political and civil figures, analysts said. As the Afghan government and Taliban negotiators...

“Without such an action, we are allowing the use of chemical weapons to take place with impunity”, Izumi Nakamitsu, UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, told the Security Council in a virtual briefing.  “It is imperative that this Council shows leadership in...

Security forces have arrested a number of civilians in the Syrian government stronghold of Latakia after rare criticism of rampant poverty and corruption in President Bashar al-Assad's administration. Among those arrested in the province - the birthplace of Assad and home to members of...

Iran's president Thursday applauded a ruling by the International Court of Justice that it can hear Iran’s case against the U.S. seeking to end sanctions, calling it a “big victory" for the Islamic Republic. A report by state-run IRNA news agency said President Hassan Rouhani...

An alliance of Arab parties in Israel finalized its breakup on Thursday, setting up the possibility that a small Islamist party could hold the key to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu remaining in office and avoiding prosecution on corruption charges. The Joint List, an alliance of four...

An Iranian official identified as an undercover agent was convicted Thursday of masterminding a thwarted bomb attack against an exiled Iranian opposition group in France in 2018 and sentenced to 20 years in prison by a Belgian court, which rejected his claim of diplomatic immunity....

Syrian forces responded late on Wednesday to “Israeli aggression” in the south of the country, the state news agency said. Israel launched missiles from the occupied Golan Heights at approximately 11pm (21:00 GMT) and caused material damage, the SANA state news agency reported, citing a...

Prominent Lebanese activist Lokman Slim was found dead in his car in south Lebanon on Thursday, security sources said.

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi Wednesday called on rival Lebanese leaders to resolve their differences and accelerate the formation of an “independent” government capable of confronting challenges that are threatening the crises-ridden country’s stability.