Israel will achieve all goals of the Gaza war it had set out to accomplish, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday. Speaking at a state ceremony for fallen soldiers during the two-year conflict with militant group Hamas, Netanyahu also said Israel’s enemies learned that anyone...

Several people were killed and others injured after an explosive device detonated near a bus carrying oil facility guards in Syria’s Deir el-Zor, Syrian media reported on Thursday. Sources told Al Arabiya that five were killed and 13 others were injured in the attack. No group...

Israel said Thursday that the date for the opening of the Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt would be announced at a later stage and that it would only be open for the movement of people. “The date for the opening of the Rafah crossing for the movement of people only will be announced...

Syria is in a hurry to rebuild its war-torn economy and will not wait for the international community to begin making those changes, the country’s finance minister said Wednesday. Mohammed Yisr Barnieh, who spoke at the International Monetary Fund in Washington, was part of Syria’s...