(Reuters) - Israel extended a humanitarian ceasefire in the Gaza Strip for another 24 hours, but Hamas, which dominates the coastal enclave, said it would only accept the truce if Israeli troops left the territory. Israeli ministers had signaled that a comprehensive deal to...

Syrian government troops Saturday recaptured the Shaar gas field in Homs province from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group, a week after the jihadists seized it, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. "Since this morning, there has been fighting around the...

Saudi men who went to fight in Syria are still coming back to the Kingdom, confirmed the Saudi Embassy in Turkey. The embassy also confirmed that it treated a citizen in Syria before sending him back to the Kingdom. Adel Mirdad, Saudi ambassador to Turkey, said the embassy's efforts...

BEIRUT (AP) — A car bomb exploded in a northern Syrian town near the Turkish border Saturday, killing and wounding a number of people hours after Syrian rebels shot down a helicopter gunship over a slum in the northern city of Aleppo, activists said. The Aleppo Media Center...