Syria's best-known mosaic museum in the northern rebel-held town of Maaret al-Numan has been seriously damaged in a regime barrel bomb attack, according to archaeological experts. The Association for the Protection of Syrian Archaeology said the museum "suffered serious damage caused by two...

An Israeli civilian was killed and another wounded in the occupied West Bank on Friday in an attack apparently carried out by a Palestinian gunman, a hospital spokeswoman and security forces said. Police and the military said the attack took place near the Jewish settlement of Dolev in the...

A well-informed source told Zaman al-Wasl that key rebel groups operating in the Syrian south are planning to form their own version of Fatah Army, the powerful alliance north Syria that took full control of Idlib province in the last two months. The alliance will include Nusra Front, Ahrar...

At least six people were killed and 21 others were injured in several separate explosions in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad and the eastern province of Diyala late Friday, security sources said. One person was killed and two others were injured when a bomb placed in a vehicle carrying a Sunni...