The UN said Monday that nine trucks carrying humanitarian aid “were cleared” to enter the Gaza Strip via the Kerem Shalom crossing after Israel temporarily eased a nearly three-month blockade. UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher...

Syria is anticipating the reactivation of its banks' SWIFT codes allowing it to re-enter the global financial market following last week’s announcement that the US would be lifting sanctions on the war-torn country. Both government and foreign-owned banks that operate in Syria have...

Gaza’s civil defence agency said Israeli air strikes on Sunday killed at least 33 people, more than half of them children, a day after Israel announced an expanded military campaign in the besieged territory. Israel’s military has said the expansion of its operations is aimed at...

The Gaza government on Saturday issued an urgent call to Arab leaders attending the Arab League Summit in Baghdad, demanding immediate, practical steps to break Israel’s siege and halt its continuing war on the Palestinian enclave. In a statement, the Government Media Office in Gaza urged...