Hunkered near one of Syria’s hottest front lines for seven years, the eastern Ghouta district of Ein Terma sustained more damage than most areas in the conflict. Its markets are now full and children throng the streets where shells were falling a year ago. But for the people who have...

The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces militia said it thwarted an attempted Islamic State group suicide bomb attack early on Wednesday during a last-stand battle for the jihadist group’s final enclave. The SDF has said the battle for Baghouz, a collection of hamlets and farmland near...

Israeli police on Wednesday reopened East Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque compound after a one-day closure.  The holy site was reopened shortly before the dawn prayers, according to local residents.  Israeli police shut the compound on Tuesday on claims of an arson...

Around 3,000 Islamic State members have surrendered from the group's last holdout in Syria, Kurdish-led forces said Tuesday, as air raids and shelling resumed after a brief lull. A ragged tent encampment in the eastern Syrian village of Baghouz is all that remains of a once-sprawling IS...