COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A Swedish judge on Thursday acquitted a former Syrian army general of indiscriminate attacks on civilians in his home country more than a decade ago, saying prosecutors failed to provide evidence of his involvement in the war crimes. Brig. Gen. Mohammed Hamo, who...

A document  revealed  by Al-Quds al-Arabi on Saturday that the  Syrian  regime had instructed regime forces to institute a full siege on  al-Rukban  refugee camp on the Syria-Jordan border on 1 April. The over two-months long siege has blocked almost all food,...

The Palestinian death toll from relentless Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip since last October has reached 37,431, the Health Ministry in the besieged enclave said on Thursday. At least 85,653 people have also been injured in the onslaught, the ministry added in a statement. “Israeli forces...

The Israeli army detained 20 more Palestinians in military raids in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, according to prisoners’ affairs groups. The speaker of the now-disbanded Palestinian Legislative Council, Aziz Dweik, was among the detainees, the Commission of Detainees’ Affairs and the...