Syrian regime forces on Monday announced the capture of the southern city of Daraa before advancing westward towards the border with the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights region. The regime now controls Daraa and its eastern outskirts, while its forces have been deployed along most of...

Two protesters were killed in clashes with Iraqi security forces in the town of Samawa on Sunday, a police official said, amid growing unrest in southern cities over poor public services and widespread corruption. "Hundreds of people tried to storm a courthouse. Shots were fired towards...

A ceasefire between Israel and Gaza appeared to be holding Sunday, ending the most intensive flare-up in violence around the Palestinian enclave since a 2014 war. In a day of fierce fighting Saturday, Israel carried out dozens of air strikes in Gaza, killing two people, and Gaza armed...

Israel's army said it had launched airstrikes targeting Hamas in the Gaza Strip early Saturday, following bloodshed in border protest clashes that saw a Palestinian teenager shot dead and an Israeli soldier injured. The Israeli aerial bombardment came as rockets and mortars were lobbed...