Jordan has protested the opening of a new Israeli airport near its border, according to the state-run Al-Mamlaka television.  Located 18 kilometers from the southern Israeli city of Eilat, the Ramon International Airport will be a few kilometers away from Jordanian border. ...

Syrian regime military air defenses thwarted an Israeli attack on Sunday, shooting down seven missiles targeting an airport in southeastern Damascus, Russia's National Defense Control Center was cited by RIA news agency as saying. The attack, launched by four Israeli F-16 jets, did not...

Israel's military said its air defence systems intercepted a rocket fired from Syria on Sunday, after Damascus accused Israel of carrying out air raids. "A short while ago, a rocket was fired at the northern Golan Heights and was intercepted by the 'Iron Dome' aerial defence system," an...

Lebanon urged world powers to step up efforts for Syrian refugees to return home regardless of a political solution to the conflict in its war-wracked neighbour, as it hosted Sunday an Arab summit It also proposed the creation of an Arab bank to finance reconstruction in Arab countries...