An  Egyptian  soldier was killed in an exchange of fire with Israeli forces at the Rafah crossing on Egypt's border with the Gaza Strip on Monday. Kan public broadcast said no Israeli soldiers were hurt in the incident which left one Egyptian killed and others...

Opponents of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad seeking refuge in Idlib are now protesting against local Islamist hardliners Hayat Tahrir al-Sham. The group is accused of becoming increasingly dictatorial. People in the Idlib region of  northwestern Syria are taking to the streets again...

More than a quarter of Syrians live in extreme poverty, the  World Bank  has said, 13 years into a devastating civil war that has battered the economy and impoverished millions. The World Bank published two new reports on  Syria , which found that "27 percent of...

The Israeli army on Sunday continued bombarding southern Lebanon, targeting various regions as well as a motorcycle, with local media reporting several casualties. The Lebanese National News Agency reported that “the Israeli enemy bombing targeted the outskirts of the towns of Shihin and...