More than 200 Israeli settlers on Thursday stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem. The Islamic Endowment Department in Jerusalem said in a statement that 215 settlers guarded by Israeli police raided Haram al-Sharif from the Al-Maqaribe (Moroccans) Gate,...

The international tribunal in Lebanon probing the killing of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri canceled a session Thursday in the trial of suspected Hezbollah member Salim Ayyash for his role in the assassination. The court said it is running at a severe financial deficit and it may...

Israeli police said Thursday 2,142 Arab Israelis were detained in May in the aftermath of Israeli attacks in Jerusalem and Gaza. Police have filed indictments against 285 of the detainees. A total of 614 people are still in custody, while others have been released. At...

The 1967 Arab-Israel war, to all appearances, tilted the geopolitical environment of the Middle East in favor of Tel Aviv, following a humiliating defeat of a three-state Arab alliance. The six-day war ended with a UN-brokered cease-fire, but only after Israel occupied the Golan Heights,...