Japan will provide the UN Human Settlements Program (UN-Habitat) with $5.5 million for a project to improve living conditions in Syria, Kyodo news agency reported on Sunday. On Aug. 12, Japan and UN-Habitat signed an aid plan focused on rebuilding essential infrastructure in Aleppo and Homs,...

Israeli Defense Minister Yisrael Katz announced on Sunday the killing of Abu Obeida, the spokesman for the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, in Gaza. The Israeli army later stated in a statement that the operation took place on Saturday. Earlier on Sunday,...

The "Abshari Hawran" campaign kicked off on Saturday evening at the ancient Bosra al-Sham amphitheater in the eastern countryside of Daraa. The event was attended by a number of Syrian government ministers and social, religious, and cultural figures. The event, which began with a...

The Palestinian militant group Hamas confirmed on Saturday the death of its Gaza military chief Mohammad Sinwar, a few months after Israel said it killed him in a strike in May. Hamas did not provide details on Sinwar’s death but published pictures of him along with other group leaders,...