An Israeli Druze lawmaker said Tuesday he has been stripped of his parliamentary immunity to face charges of "contact with enemy agents" after a 2007 visit to Syria. Said Naffaa told AFP a parliamentary committee voted to lift his immunity after the visit to the Jewish state's arch-foe, where he met with exiled Palestinian militant leaders. "I was not ...

King Abdullah II of Jordan and Saudi King Abdullah discussed the Palestinian problem on Tuesday, the official news agency SPA said, amid a swirl of regional diplomacy aimed at restarting Middle East peace talks. "During the meeting they discussed the overall situation in the Arab world, particularly developments in the Palestinian case and efforts to achieve peace in the region ...

Exiled Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal has assured Saudi Arabia his movement is loyal to Arab states, the kingdom's foreign minister, Prince Saud al-Faisal, said on Tuesday. "I asked Khaled Meshaal whether the movement stood with Arabs or with others," Prince Saud said, referring to Iran, a strong regional backer of Hamas, the Islamist group that rules Gaza. "Meshaal insisted ...