(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 20 troops killed in a surprise attack by rebels in coastal Latakia province on Sunday as fighting to seize Kabana hilltops left dozens of regime forces and allied Shiite militias dead, activists said. The strategic mountainous area has been under major...

Palestinian militants fired two rockets deep into southern Israel from Gaza on Saturday, and the Israeli military responded with a number of air strikes on militant targets, shaking an already tenuous truce. Sirens sounded in the middle of the night in Beersheba, the largest city in...

Israel targeted Hamas in strikes on Gaza early Saturday after rockets were fired towards it from the Palestinian enclave, the army said, two days after a fragile ceasefire began.  Hamas, the Islamist movement that has de facto control over the Gaza Strip, has so far kept its distance...

The United States has urged Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar to end his offensive to seize Tripoli and accused Russia of exploiting the conflict. The US made its most explicit call against the self-styled Libyan National Army of Haftar, who was earlier praised by President Donald Trump,...