The Israeli military said it had struck around 800 Hezbollah targets as part of the deadliest strikes on Lebanon since fighting started last October. “Since this morning, the IDF (military) has conducted proactive and extensive aerial strikes against Hezbollah terrorist targets in...

Hezbollah deputy chief Naim Qassem said Sunday his group was in a “new phase” in its battle against Israel, which it has waged from across the Lebanese border since the Gaza war erupted. “We have entered a new phase, namely an open reckoning” with Israel, Qassem said at the funeral...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday he had asked to meet Syria’s Bashar al-Assad on the sidelines of UN talks in New York next week to normalize ties. Turkey and Syria severed diplomatic relations in 2011 after the outbreak of the Syrian war, but Erdogan has sought...

Israeli forces  killed at least 27 Palestinians in tank and air strikes on north and central areas of the  Gaza  Strip on Friday, medics said, as tanks advanced further into northwest Rafah near the border with Egypt. The unrelenting fighting between the Israelis and Hamas...