Israel launched air strikes on Syrian military targets in southern Syria late Monday, after thwarting an attack near the Israeli-occupied sector of the Golan Heights. In Damascus, the state-run news agency Sana said Israeli helicopters rocketed Syrian army positions near Quneitra in the...

Militants and allied rebels in northwestern Syria killed at least 12 pro-regime fighters Monday, thwarting a regime advance, a Britain-based war monitoring group said. Another 17 pro-regime fighters were wounded while on the rebel-led side six fighters died, said the Britain-based group...

Israeli fighter jets carried out strikes on Hamas facilities in the Gaza Strip after a "rocket" was fired from the Hamas-controlled enclave towards the Jewish state, its military said Monday. Israel said Sunday night a "projectile" fired from Gaza had been intercepted by its Iron Dome...

The death of Rafic Hariri is to many Lebanese what the JFK assassination was to Americans four decades earlier -- everybody remembers what they were doing when the news broke. On Valentine's Day 2005, the former prime minister who embodied the reconstruction of the country after its...