Five Yemeni children were killed in an attack on their home in flashpoint Hodeidah province, the U.N. and medics said Saturday, months into a ceasefire agreed by the government and rebels. The U.N. children's agency (UNICEF) said that the five children were "playing at home" when they...

A Syrian jihadist group linked to Al-Qaeda killed 21 regime and allied forces Sunday near Idlib province, in one of the deadliest breaches of a six-month-old truce deal, an activist group said. "At dawn, 21 fighters from the regime forces or allied militia were killed in an attack by...

 Israeli aircraft have struck two Hamas observation points in the Gaza Strip, a security source said Sunday, after the army reported balloons carrying an "explosive device" were sent toward Israel. No injuries occurred from the strikes late Saturday east of al-Bureij in the central...

The U.S.-backed Syrian force closing in on Daesh's (ISIS) last territorial bastion near the Iraqi border expects a "decisive battle" Sunday after advancing slowly, a spokesman said overnight. Capturing Baghouz, an eastern Syrian village on the bank of the Euphrates River, would cap four...