An Israeli civilian is being held against his will by the Islamist group Hamas in the Gaza Strip, Israel said on Thursday. Hamas, the Palestinian enclave's dominant faction, declined to comment. Israel suspects militants in Gaza would use its citizens to bargain for the release of Palestinians...

(Translation by Yusra Ahmed) A document published in WikiLeaks among thousands of Saudi diplomatic files, showed that a British member in the parliament, known of his support to Israel, had visited Basher al-Assad many times and discussed the situation in Syria and Palestine. The document...

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad signed a law ratifying a $1 billion credit line from top regional ally Iran, Syria's state news agency SANA said on Wednesday, funds which will help ease economic strains from the costly war. The agreement was between two state-owned banks, the...

( Syria Direct )- More than 50 regime barrel-bomb and conventional airstrikes pummeled rebel-held villages in Daraa province Tuesday after the launch of a renewed Southern Storm rebel offensive to wrest the provincial capital from regime control one day before, reported the pro-opposition “We...