The Golan Heights has officially been recognised as part of Syria since the country won independence in 1944. Despite numerous wars, claims and counter-claims, the international community continues to regard the scenic, resource-rich region as part of Syria. Israel, which has occupied...

For more than 10 years, Abu Mohammad has been living in a tent with his family in northern Syria, displaced by the long-running civil war. Unable to earn enough to support them, he, like hundreds of others, has decided to travel via Turkey to Niger to work as a mercenary. Abu Mohammad (not...

Prominent Syrian pro-regime businessman Baraa Katerji was killed in an Israeli strike near the Lebanese-Syrian border on Monday, three security sources told Reuters. There was no immediate Israeli comment on the strike. Katerji was part of a small circle of businessmen close to...

The Gaza government said Saturday that Israel is “spreading fake news” about targeting Hamas leaders to divert attention from its deadly attack on displaced Palestinians’ tents in Al-Mawasi in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip. Israel has practiced “a policy of deception...