Hamas and the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) have both condemned an Israeli air attack carried out Sunday night inside Syrian territory. “We condemn this Israeli aggression, which only serves to reconfirm that the Zionist entity is the main enemy of the Ummah [i.e.,...

An Israeli force on Monday stormed a section of the Israel-run Ofer Prison in the occupied West Bank and attacked Palestinian detainees, according to the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)-affiliated Palestinian Prisoners Association.  Currently home to an estimated 1,200...

Palestinian resistance group Hamas on Monday warned Israel against closing schools in occupied East Jerusalem run by the UN’s cash-strapped Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA). According to Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum, the move would, if carried out, “damage the Palestinian presence [in...

Israeli strikes that hit several targets in Syria overnight to Monday killed at least 11 pro-regime fighters including two Syrians, a war monitor said. Israel's military said it had targeted a number of Iranian installations in the country early on Monday, hours after intercepting a rocket...

Turkey is ready to take over the security in Syria's Manbij without delay, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said during a phone conversation with his U.S. counterpart late Sunday. A statement from the Turkish presidency said Erdogan and U.S. President Donald Trump agreed to take joint...

A Palestinian man was injured by Israeli army gunfire on Sunday in the Israeli-occupied West Bank city of Salfit, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. Palestinian officials said the man was shot by a real bullet and was taken to Rafidia Hospital where he is in stable condition now....

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. ...

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...

Syrian regime and Russia also say Syrian air defense shot down Israeli air attack.  Israel's army on Sunday intercepted a missile launched towards the occupied Syrian Golan heights, according to an Israeli Army spokesman. Lt. Col. Avichay Adraee tweeted that the interception was...

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...

Syrian air defences on Sunday responded to Israeli air raids in the south of the country, state news agency SANA reported quoting a military source. The air defence systems "prevented Israeli air strikes from achieving their objectives in the south" of the country, the report said without...

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu headed to Chad on Sunday for talks aimed at restoring diplomatic relations between Tel Aviv and N'Djamena.  "I am now leaving on another historic and important breakthrough, to Chad, a huge Muslim country bordering Libya and Sudan," The Times...

Three foreign mine clearance experts were killed in an explosion in Yemen’s eastern Marib city on Sunday, according to a local source.  A number of mines exploded inside the Saudi Project for Landmine Clearance MASAM in the city, the source with the center told Anadolu Agency. ...

Syria's opposition chief on Saturday said peace efforts were "paralysed" amid a lack of will from key international powers, after meeting the latest UN envoy tasked with ending the civil war. Norwegian Geir Pedersen replaced Staffan de Mistura this month to become the fourth United Nations...

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi will hold talks with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron in Cairo by the end of this month, according to Egyptian media.  Talks between the two leaders will focus on stability in the Middle East and bilateral relations, the state-run Akhbar...

Four children were among at least six civilians killed in a US-led air strike on the Islamic State group's embattled enclave in eastern Syria, a monitor said on Saturday. The Friday strike on the Euphrates Valley village of Baghouz killed 10 IS fighters as well as the six civilians, the...

Israel is holding “indirect” contacts to reach a prisoner swap deal with Palestinian group Hamas, according to Hamas sources on Saturday.  “Hamas has received indirect contacts from the Israeli government about a prisoner swap deal,” the London-based Al-Arabi Al-Jadeed newspaper quoted...

The U.S. has legitimate reasons for deciding to withdraw its troops from Syria, a former brigadier general said Friday. Mark Kimmitt, who also served as a top defense official under former President George W. Bush, spoke at a panel discussion hosted by the Foundation for Political, Economic...

Syrians who have taken refuge in Turkey say they "feel human" in their host country and that they are hopeful about the future. Tens of thousands of refugees, whose humanitarian needs have been taken care of by the Turkish government and NGOs for years at modern facilities, pray for the end...