Gaza reported its first cases of COVID-19 in the general population Monday, as authorities confirmed four infections in a refugee camp and security forces declared a full lockdown for 48 hours. The cases were from a single family in central Gaza, a government spokesman said, amid concern...

More than 10,000 Daesh fighters are estimated to remain active in Iraq and Syria two years after the militant group’s defeat, and their attacks have significantly increased this year, the UN counter-terrorism chief said Monday. Vladimir Voronkov told the UN Security Council that Daesh...

A rebel bastion in the Idlib region of northwest Syria has recorded its first death from the novel coronavirus, a health official said Friday. The rebel stronghold is home to some three million people, many living in close quarters in displacement camps after being forced to flee their...

Israeli tanks shelled Hamas positions in the Gaza Strip overnight in response to continued waves of incendiary balloons across the border, the army said Thursday. The continuing cross-border violence came despite the attempts of Egyptian security to end the flare-up, which has seen two...