Israel hopes spy Pollard can emigrate for US embassy opening
Israel hopes Jonathan Pollard, an American spy who served 30 years in prison for selling secrets to the Jewish state, will be allowed to...
Tunisia leaders urged to rethink anti-jihad strategy
Tunisia's leaders faced calls Thursday to rethink their strategy in the fight against extremism following a suicide bombing by the Islamic State jihadist group...
Saudi FM: Syria’s Assad must leave or be forced out
Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister says that Syrian President Bashar Assad has two choices: “either to leave through negotiations” or be forcibly removed from power.
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Lebanon to allow expats to come home despite lockdown
After its expat policy drew criticism from political leaders, Lebanon's government agreed a procedure on Tuesday to allow citizens abroad to come back despite...
German secret service in talks with Syrian spies
Germany's spy agency is working again with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's secret service to swap information on Islamist militants, the Bild daily said, despite...
Syria activists accuse government forces of chemical attack
Syria activists have accused regime forces of using a "toxic gas" during clashes in a flashpoint town southwest of Damascus, saying five men were...
Security authorities seize 534 counterfeit Haj visas
Director General of Passports Maj. Gen. Sulaiman bin Abdulaziz Al-Yahya said arrival procedures for pilgrims from outside the Kingdom were completed on Sunday with...
Egypt president: ISIS jet claim is 'propaganda'
Egypt's president has dismissed claims that a Russian passenger jet was downed by a branch of Islamic State as propaganda, after the airline said...
France requests European support in Syria, Iraq, and Africa
France invoked the European Union's mutual assistance clause for the first time on Tuesday, asking its partners for military help and other aid in...
Kuwait awards record $30 bn on projects despite oil slide
Kuwait has awarded projects worth a record $30 billion so far this year despite the sharp fall in oil income, officials and experts said...
