Israeli police rounded up 15 Palestinians in raids on their homes in the town of Issawiya in East Jerusalem early Tuesday, according to local sources. Police and intelligence agents also summoned seven other Palestinians for questioning, the sources said. It remains unclear the reason...

Israel's air defences intercepted four rockets fired from neighbouring Syria on Tuesday, the army said, prompting reported retaliatory missile strikes against the source of the fire. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the rockets were fired from positions around the capital held...

Explosions were heard near the airport in the Syrian capital of Damascus, state television said early on Tuesday. No further details were immediately available regarding the nature of the explosions and their source. Meanwhile,  Israel's anti-missile defence system...

A heavy deployment of Lebanese security forces fanned out in central Beirut on Tuesday, ahead of a parliamentary session protesters have vowed to prevent as they demonstrate against the ruling elite. Banks reopened for the first time in a week after announcing temporary steps, such as a...