The U.S. is sending additional troops to Syria to help provide protection to other American forces and their equipment as they withdraw from the country under a directive from President Donald Trump, a defense official confirmed Thursday. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity,...

Iran never destroyed its Arak nuclear reactor, a precondition of its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, the head of the Iranian Atomic Energy Organization (IAEO) was quoted as saying by state media. IAEO chief Ali Akbar Salehi told a local television channel Thursday that the Arak...

Hamas on Thursday announced its refusal to accept fresh financial aid from Qatar to protest what it described as “extortion” by Israel. “We are rejecting this third Qatari grant to protest the Israeli occupation’s behavior,” leading Hamas member Khalil al-Hayya said at a press...

A bomb attack hit a northeastern neighbourhood of the Syrian capital Thursday, state media said, in the third such explosion in a regime-held area in less than a week. State news agency SANA reported "a terrorist bombing in the Adawi area with an explosive device planted in a car, causing...