An Israeli air strike on a Hamas target in the Gaza Strip on Sunday brought down a nearby house killing a Palestinian woman and her daughter, hospital officials said, as a wave of violence in the region triggered fears of wider escalation. The Israeli military said in a...

Israeli security forces shot dead two Palestinians aged 12 and 15 in protests along Gaza's border fence on Saturday, Palestinian medics said, and Israeli police said they had killed three Palestinian assailants in Jerusalem. Eleven days of bloodshed in which four Israelis and 21...

Russia said on Saturday it had stepped up its bombing campaign against Islamic State militants in Syria, while local observers said several of the air strikes had hit areas in western Syria where the hardline group has little presence. Russia, a top ally of President Bashar...

Syrian rebels on Saturday have seized a hill in Quneitra province near the Occupied Golan Heights after a surprise attack on Bashar al-Assad's forces, a move may set off  regime's alarm bells as rebels presence mounts southwest the capital.   Al Qabe'a hill that also known as the U.N....