(Zaman Al Wasl)- Russia's warplanes conducted at least 50 raids on rebel-held towns in Hama and Homs provinces, killing and wounding 7  Free Syrian Army fighters, activists said on Thursday. Regime forces backed by Russian jets are seeking to capture villages of Har Benefseh and Deir...

The condition of a Palestinian journalist on a 48-day hunger strike in an Israeli jail is deteriorating, the man's wife and a Palestinian official said Monday. Mohammed al-Qeq is protesting his six-month sentence without trial or charge, under a measure called administrative detention....

At least 178 Palestinians were killed and 16,200 others were injured by Israeli forces in 2015, according to official figures from the Palestinian Ministry of Health. The ministry also said that a total of 143 Palestinians had been killed by Israeli soldiers and police in occupied East...

A Syrian insurgent group said Sunday it was pulling out of a coalition of Islamist factions operating in the northwest of the country, in order to redeploy around Aleppo where pro-government forces have intensified assaults in recent months. Since Russia's intervention in the Syria conflict...