Iranian-backed militias entered Syria overnight from Iraq and were heading to northern Syria to beef up beleaguered Syrian army forces battling insurgents, according to two Syrian army sources. Dozens of Iran-aligned Iraqi Hashd al-Shaabi fighters from Iraq also crossed into Syria through a...

US President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday named Lebanese-American businessman Massad Boulos as his senior advisor on Arab and Middle Eastern affairs, the latest family member to be appointed to a key position. “I am proud to announce that Massad Boulos will serve as Senior Advisor to the...

The Palestinian health ministry said the Israeli army killed four people in the occupied West Bank on Sunday, as Israel announced a strike that killed four “terrorists.” The ministry updated the death toll from two earlier on Sunday, saying four people were killed “due to the...

Syrian opposition forces backed by Turkey have launched an offensive targeting Tal Rifaat, the last Kurdish-controlled enclave in Syria’s northern Aleppo province, and have entered the city center, as Islamist militants of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and allied factions expand their control...