Key rebel group the Islamic Front said that the state of Iraq and The Levant (ISIL) carried the responsibility of Bab al-Hawa’s double bombing Monday. Two car bombs exploded Monday afternoon on the Syrian side of the Bab al-Hawa border crossing...
Lebanon: A suspected suicide car bombing killed at least four people and wounded 42 others in a bustling neighborhood in the northeastern town of Hermel Thursday, a security source told The Daily Star. The blast occurred during the morning rush hour near the town’s...
After crushing the Muslim Brotherhood at home, Egypt's military rulers plan to undermine the Palestinian militant group Hamas, which runs the neighboring Gaza Strip, senior Egyptian security officials told Reuters. The aim, which the officials say could take years to pull off,...
The wife of a Palestinian prisoner in an Israeli jail gave birth on Friday to a boy born from sperm smuggled into Gaza, her family said, the first successful pregnancy of its kind in the embattled coastal enclave. The procedure follows several similar cases last year in...
