Up to 400,000 Syrian refugees in Lebanon may be set to return home under a UN-backed plan providing financial incentives, according to a document seen by The National.

Syrian authorities are trying to find the identity of 413 orphans whose parents were ’disappeared’ by the Assad regime, after ...

Syrian activist Shadi Martini tells lobby new president called peace with Israel a 'unique opportunity'; Gulf journalist ...

Russia has become the first country to recognise the Taliban as Afghanistan’s government. Andrew Mueller explains why.

FacebookLikeShareTweetEmail The Lebanese government has been told to fully disarm Hezbollah as patience is wearing thin in ...

The war exposed the limitations of China’s influence in the Middle East, underscoring its struggles to convert economic power ...

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Asharq Al Awsat Thousands of Syrian refugees are set to return from Lebanon this week under the first, UN-backed plan providing financial incentives, after Syria's new rulers said all citizens were ...

Under Netanyahu's leadership, Israel has imposed a new and volatile state of affairs in the region, which I call “open skies.” This shift is among the most dangerous outcomes of the military campaigns ...

Since taking over, the new Islamist-led Syrian government has said all Syrians are welcome home. A U.N. survey from earlier ...

The day after last month's deadly suicide attack on a church outside Syria's capital, hundreds of Christians marched in Damascus chanting against foreign fighters and calling for them to leave the ...