Syrian activists have posted an audio recording for a commander in Bashar al-Assad’s army showed he was ordering his soldiers to use chemical weapons against rebels in areas affiliated to his control in Idlib and Hama provinces....

Two Palestinians were executed in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday as Israeli spies, the enclave's Islamist Hamas government said, adding they had helped the Jewish state's armed forces carry out lethal operations. The condemned men, one of whom was hanged and the other shot by firing...

(Reuters) - Turkey has started building a new wall along a fragment of its southeastern border with  Syria  as it struggles against smuggling, illegal migration and the threat from al Qaeda fighters among Syria's rebel ranks. Slabs of concrete have sprung up in...

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas was to hold talks with Hamas chief Khaled Meshaal in Doha on Monday for the first meeting since their rival movements signed a surprise unity deal. "Abbas will meet Meshaal today (in Doha) but the timing is not clear," a senior Palestinian official...