Syria and Israel are close to striking a “de-escalation” agreement in which Israel will stop its attacks while Syria will agree to not move any machinery or heavy equipment near the Israeli border, a senior US envoy said on Tuesday. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of UN General...

A senior US diplomat says that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will “go anywhere and do anything” he thinks is necessary to protect his country, irrespective of any borders. “In general, after Oct. 7, everything has changed in the Middle East,” US envoy Tom Barrack said....

The Palestinian Mission to the United Kingdom held a special ceremony on Monday that included raising the Palestinian flag in London a day after the UK said that it recognized Palestinian statehood. Britain on Sunday joined other countries such as Australia and Canada in...

Syria is set to hold the selection process for a transitional parliament on October 5, in accordance with a constitutional declaration announced earlier this year, the electoral commission said Sunday. The People’s Assembly of Syria was dissolved by the country’s new authorities who...