An Israeli military official said on Wednesday that some troops stationed in the Gaza Strip were to be redeployed to the area of the frontier with Syria, where Israel has struck claiming to defend the Druze minority. The military official told reporters during a briefing that some soldiers...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government has reached a deadlock after two ultra-Orthodox parties withdrew from the ruling coalition, leaving it on the verge of collapse. The Agudat Yisrael faction, which holds three seats in the 120-seat Knesset, quit the government in protest...

Israel says it has bombed Syrian government forces around Suweida, as they entered the predominantly Druze city following two days of deadly sectarian clashes. At least 200 people have been killed since the fighting between Druze militias and Bedouin tribes erupted on Sunday, UK-based...

Israeli strikes on the Bekaa Valley in eastern Lebanon killed 12 people, including seven Syrians, on Tuesday, Lebanese state media reported, as the Israeli army said it hit Hezbollah targets in the area. "Enemy warplanes launched raids on the Wadi Fara area in the northern Bekaa...