Nine Lebanese hostages held in Syria by rebels arrive in Lebanon as two kidnapped Turkish pilots return to Istanbul. Nine Lebanese pilgrims held hostage in Syria for 17 months arrived in Beirut after being freed in exchange for two Turkish Airlines pilots seized in Lebanon in August....

Ismail Haniyeh, Hamas chief in Gaza, says the group has not interfered in the violence in either Egypt or Syria. The Gaza Strip's Hamas prime minister Ismail Haniyeh has denied reports that his group was involved in fighting in the neighbouring Egyptian Sinai or in Syria. "We...

The U.N.’s humanitarian chief called Saturday for a cessation of hostilities in a Damascus suburb besieged for months by the Syrian army, so that food and vital medical aid can be delivered, Agence France-Presse reported. Some 3,000 people were evacuated from the area of...