An Israeli strike early Thursday on a school sheltering displaced Palestinians in central Gaza killed more than 30 people, including 23 women and children, according to local health officials. The Israeli military said that Hamas militants were operating from within the school. It was the...

The Syrian rebel coalition known as the Syrian National Army (SNA) has signed an action plan with the United Nations to prevent and end the recruitment of child soldiers. In an announcement on Monday by UN’s Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and...

BEIRUT (AP) — A gunman was captured by Lebanese soldiers after attempting to attack the U.S. Embassy near Beirut on Wednesday, the military said. The attack took place as tensions continued to simmer in the tiny Mediterranean country, where months of fighting between Hezbollah militants...

Israeli firefighting teams on Tuesday continued to battle against the fires that broke out as a result of rockets firing from southern Lebanon. According to the Times of Israel news website, the Fire and Rescue Services said its teams brought under control by morning most of the fires which...