The Pentagon on Tuesday welcomed that there have been no attacks recently on US forces in Iraq and Syria. "There have been no attacks since Feb. 4 on our troops in Iraq or Syria," Deputy Press Secretary Sabrina Singh told reporters. Stressing that it is a "good thing," she added: "We...

Officials from Israel, Egypt, Qatar and the US concluded negotiations in Cairo on Tuesday aimed at securing another cease-fire in Gaza and a prisoner exchange deal with the Palestinian group Hamas, Israeli media reported. "Hamas's position has not changed, and it still insists on ending the...

Many Syrians who had fled the war face gross human rights violations and abuses upon their return to Syria, according to a  report  by the UN Human Rights Office released today. The documented violations and abuses have been perpetrated by the Government,  de facto ...

Several displaced Palestinians were killed and injured in Israeli shelling Tuesday of a hospital in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, the Health Ministry said.  The casualties occurred as displaced civilians leaving the Nasser Medical Complex came under fire from Israeli forces,...