(Reuters) - Soldiers launched searches in the occupied West Bank on Thursday for an Israeli feared abducted since disappearing after heading to a Palestinian village for tools to fix a flat tire, Israeli spokesmen said. The searches were the most widespread by Israeli forces in the...

Southern Front rebels, including powerful Ahrar al-Sham group, on Thursday have taken full control of Syria’s border line with Jordan, rebel commander said. Early Thursday, Islamist rebels and Free Syrian Army fighters have seized control of...

   (Reporting by Mohamed Al Hussein; Translation by Yusra Ahmed) Clashes between the Islamic State and the Democratic Union Party (PYD) still underway since Wednesdsy near the town of Tal-Tamer in the northern province of Hasakah, activists said. Key Kurdish militia PYD has made...

Turkey will soon deport nine British citizens who have been detained for trying to illegally cross into Syria, Turkish officials said late Wednesday. The nine include four children and two female British citizens, the officials added. Earlier, Turkish officials told The Anadolu Agency that...