Israeli protesters on Wednesday blocked a main highway in Tel Aviv, central Israel, demanding the government reach a prisoner swap deal with Palestinians to secure the release of captives in Gaza. According to the Israeli state broadcaster KAN, the protesters holding photos of the captives in...

Israel’s Supreme Court ruled unanimously Tuesday that the military must begin drafting ultra-Orthodox men for military service — a decision that could lead to the collapse of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s governing coalition as Israel wages  war in Gaza . Most Jewish men and...

by Hummam Sheikh Ali BOSRA, Syria, June 24 (Xinhua) -- The ancient city of Bosra in southern Syria, a testament to civilizations spanning millennia, is locked in a new battle -- preserving the precious heritage from the ravage of yearslong war. Enlisted in the UNESCO World Heritage Sites,...

The Palestinian Hamas and Fatah groups on Monday announced their commitment to the success of China's mediation efforts to achieve the Palestinian reconciliation. This comes in two separate statements as both rivals blamed each other for obstructing Tuesday's scheduled expanded national...