Shara, guarantees individual freedoms but gives Mr. al-Shara abundant power and keeps Islamic law as its legal foundation.

Hamas says it has accepted a proposal from mediators to release one living American-Israeli hostage and the bodies of four ...

Thousands have fled into Lebanon after tensions between Syria’s Alawite minority and forces backing the new government exploded last week.

Maulana Abdullah Nadeem, the district chief of Jamiat Ulema Islam (JUI), has been injured along with three others in a blast ...

The United Nations Security Council has agreed to a statement condemning widespread violence in Syria's coastal region and calling on Syria's interim authorities to protect all Syrians ...