Syria’s ousted leader Bashar Assad claimed on Monday that he took refuge at a Russian base during the dramatic fall of the decades-long Baath regime earlier this month. Assad, who ruled Syria for nearly 25 years, fled to Russia on Dec. 8 after anti-regime groups seized control of the...

Türkiye on Monday condemned Israel's decision to expand its illegal settlements in the Golan Heights. In a statement, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said Israel's ongoing actions are seriously undermining the efforts to bring peace and stability to Syria and further increasing tensions in the...

At least 16 more Palestinians were detained in fresh Israeli military raids in the occupied West Bank, according to prisoners’ affairs groups on Monday. The raids targeted the cities of Bethlehem, Hebron, Nablus, Tulkarem, Jenin and Ramallah in the occupied territory, the Commission of...

At least 52 more Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip in the last 24 hours, bringing the overall death toll since last year to 45,028, the Health Ministry in the enclave said on Monday. A ministry statement added that some 106,962 others were injured in the ongoing...