The Palestinian militant movement Hamas released four female Israeli soldier hostages on Saturday, in return for some 200 Palestinian prisoners, in keeping with a ceasefire agreement aimed at ending the 15-month-old war in Gaza. The four were led onto a podium in Gaza City amid a large...

The Gaza Strip is preparing for the second phase of prisoner exchange under the initial stage of the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, which came into effect on Jan. 19, pausing an Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip. As outlined in the agreement, the second prisoner...

Syria’s transitional government on Thursday condemned the killing of a photographer who had been working for state news agency SANA since before last month’s ouster of longtime strongman Bashar al-Assad. “The information ministry condemns the assassination of photographer Ibrahim...

The head of Israel’s military, Major General Herzi Halevi, resigned on Monday over his responsibility for its “failure” during the Palestinian militant group Hamas’ attack on October 7, 2023. In his resignation letter, released by the army, Halevi said he was leaving “due to my...