The Lebanese health ministry said an Israeli strike on south Lebanon killed one person on Friday, as Israel said it killed a member of Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah. Israel has continued to carry out near-daily strikes on Lebanon despite a November ceasefire with Hezbollah and an...

Over two million Syrians who had fled their homes during their country’s war have returned since Bashar al-Assad’s overthrow in December, UN refugee agency chief Filippo Grandi said Thursday during a regional visit. The Syrian civil war, which erupted in 2011 with al-Assad’s brutal...

A senior Syrian military official has claimed that former Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad ordered the execution of missing American journalist Austin Tice, according to a new BBC investigation. The allegations were made by Major General Bassam al-Hassan, a former commander in the Republican...

Israel launched widescale strikes against Iran on Friday, saying it targeted nuclear facilities, ballistic missile factories and military commanders during the start of a prolonged operation to prevent Tehran from building an atomic weapon. Iran had launched about 100 drones towards Israeli...