Hamas security forces broke up a protest in the northern Gaza Strip Thursday, an AFP photographer and witnesses said, as thousands took to the streets over an ongoing electricity crisis. The demonstrators gathered in the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza for a march, with attendees...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called this weekend's Middle East peace conference in Paris "rigged" on Thursday, with his government refusing to play any role in the meeting. "It's a rigged conference, rigged by the Palestinians with French auspices to adopt additional anti-Israel...

The Syrian Network for Human Rights said in new report the Syrian regime helicopters had dropped 12,958 barrel bombs in 2016 on rebel-held areas throughout Syria. Most of these barrel bombs were dropped in Damascus suburbs, followed by Aleppo and then Hama, Idlib, Daraa, and Homs....

The meetings of the Preparatory Committee of the Palestinian National Council (PNC) have been launched in the Lebanese capital with wide participation of representatives from all Palestinian factions, including Hamas and Islamic Jihad groups. The two-day meetings are currently held in the...