Syrian authorities believe they have found the body of a top archaeologist who was killed by the Islamic State  (IS) group in 2015 while he tried to protect the ancient city of Palmyra. Militants publicly beheaded Khaled al-Asaad, 82, after he refused to disclose the location of...

 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu briefly appeared in a Jerusalem courtroom Monday to respond formally to corruption charges just weeks before national elections in which he hopes to extend his 12-year rule. Netanyahu was indicted last year for fraud, breach of trust and...

The EU and Arab League on Sunday welcomed the election of Libya's new temporary leadership to govern the country until elections in December. In a declaration on behalf of the EU, Josep Borrell asserted that the bloc welcomed the agreement on the transitional unified executive authority...

Two Syrian army forces, including an officer, were killed in an attack by unknown assailants on an army outpost in central Homs province, activists said Friday. The evening attack took place in the town of Talbiseh in the northern countryside of Homs, according to Zaman al-Wasl...

The fragile ties between Damascus and the Kurdish-led autonomous administration in northern Syria have seen a dangerous escalation amid widespread anticipation that US support for the Syrian Kurds will grow after the change of guard at the White House. The two sides have sought to besiege...

Norway’s domestic security agency said Friday that a Syrian teenager has been arrested in the Norwegian capital, Oslo, on suspicion of planning an act of terror. The agency, known by its acronym PST, said the suspect, who was arrested Thursday, was a boy aged 16. The Norwegian...

Egypt has released Al Jazeera journalist Mahmoud Hussein after more than four years in detention on accusations of publishing false news, a security source said Friday. Hussein, an Egyptian national held under preventive detention since December 2016, was released from jail Thursday night,...

The Israeli military said Friday that an unarmed Palestinian man was shot and killed in a West Bank settlement after he tried to break into a home and fought with a guard. The military referred to the incident as a "terror attack," but a spokesman was unable to explain how it came to that...

“Without such an action, we are allowing the use of chemical weapons to take place with impunity”, Izumi Nakamitsu, UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, told the Security Council in a virtual briefing.  “It is imperative that this Council shows leadership in...

Security forces have arrested a number of civilians in the Syrian government stronghold of Latakia after rare criticism of rampant poverty and corruption in President Bashar al-Assad's administration. Among those arrested in the province - the birthplace of Assad and home to members of...

Syrian forces responded late on Wednesday to “Israeli aggression” in the south of the country, the state news agency said. Israel launched missiles from the occupied Golan Heights at approximately 11pm (21:00 GMT) and caused material damage, the SANA state news agency reported, citing a...

U.S. backed Kurdish-led forces and the Syrian army reached a deal on Tuesday to end a nearly three week long siege of neighborhoods under the control of the Syrian government in two-Kurdish controlled cities in northeast Syria, officials from both sides said. Streets leading to the...

Human Rights Watch Wednesday condemned the “illegal transfers” to Turkey of more than 60 Syrians arrested by Ankara and its local proxies in Syria’s northeast in 2019. Turkey and its Syrian rebel proxies arrested the 63 Syrians between October and December 2019 in the border area of Ras...

 From the outside, the building seems just one of the many in central Baghdad that are decaying from years of misuse - silent, windows shut. After 6 p.m., one knock on its steel-plated doors and a portal is opened to a different world rarely found in Iraq’s capital. Bodyguards...

 Married at the age of 12, rejected at 16, and then disfigured in an acid attack, Al-Anoud Hussain Sheryan's fate is a shocking illustration of abuse in a society beset by war and poverty. Now aged 19, the Yemeni woman agreed to relate her ordeal at the hands of her abusive husband --...

The arrival and rollout of vaccines in war ravaged Syria may initially cover only 3% of the population in the first phase, a World Health Organization official said Tuesday. Akjemal Magtymova, said Syria is eligible to receive the vaccine for free through the global COVAX effort, aimed...

Kurdish forces in northern Syria ended a weekslong siege of government-held neighborhoods in two northeastern cities Tuesday, they said, as part of a deal brokered by Russia. As part of the agreement with Kurdish forces, Syrian government troops allowed supplies to enter Kurdish-held...

Concerns are growing about the treatment of a prominent Syrian media activist after he was arrested by Turkish-backed rebel forces in northern Syria last month. Hayyan Ibrahim Hababa, a media activist and father of three, was picked up in the city of Azaz on 21 January by security...

While Israel has worked to counter Iran’s efforts to extend its influence in Syria for a decade, recent developments indicate an increased push to eradicate the Iranian presence, raising questions about what comes next. Israel’s latest wave of attacks on January 12 in eastern Syria was...

The US on Monday condemned three terrorist attacks in northern Syria that killed at least 20 civilians.   "The United States condemns the terrorist attacks this past weekend in Azaz, al-Bab and Afrin that resulted in the deaths of at least 20 civilians, including children," said...