The Syrian American Council in Washington announced that the US Senate voted Wednesday evening to approve a budget bill that includes a provision permanently repealing the Caesar Act, by a vote of 77 to 20. In a post on the X platform, the council explained that this decision represents a...

Israel’s government has approved “phase one” of a ceasefire agreement, which will see captives exchanged and Israel withdraw from parts of Gaza, but details of how it fits into a wider plan to bring lasting peace remain unclear. Khalil al-Hayya, the head of Hamas’s negotiating team,...

Israel has attacked a number of locations in the past few hours, and we got reports from the Israeli military confirming that its forces would not carry out offensive operations but will only withdraw once the ceasefire takes effect. For Palestinians, the cessation of the fighting and...

The signing of the agreement on the first stage of US President Donald Trump’s plan for Gaza is expected to take place at 12 p.m. Israel time (0900 GMT), a source briefed on the details of the agreement told Reuters on Thursday. The ceasefire is expected to come into effect on the ground...