Lebanon’s caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati said Thursday diplomatic communications have intensified ahead of a UN Security Council session on Thursday to reach a temporary cease-fire with Israel. “There are ongoing contacts between the US and France, which called the Security Council...

An Israeli strike hit a road linking Syria and Lebanon Thursday as Israel tries  to cut off supply routes of Lebanese militant group Hezbollah,  a war monitor said. Israel has increased it strikes on Syria since it upped its air raids on what it says are targets of Hezbollah in...

Syrian state media reported an Israeli attack in central Homs province early Thursday, after an  Israeli strike  hit the country’s south the previous day. “An Israeli attack” targeted an industrial area in the town of Hassia, around 30 kilometres (20 miles) south of the city...

The Israeli army on late Tuesday killed a Palestinian man after besieging him inside his home in the northern occupied West Bank. The official Palestinian news agency Wafa identified the slain Palestinian as Abdel-Raouf Al-Masri, 37, who was killed by the Israeli forces inside his home in the...