(Reuters) - Palestinian officials said on Tuesday a Gaza ceasefire deal with Israel has been reached under Egyptian mediation and a formal announcement of an agreement was imminent. There was no immediate confirmation from Israel , where a spokesman for Prime Minister Benjamin...

(CNN) -- The shocking video of James Foley being beheaded in Syria has set off multiple investigations into the mystery of who killed the American journalist. A day after the British ambassador to the United States said that experts in his country are close to identifying...

(Zaman Alwasl)- Rebel factions on Monday in embattled Eastern Ghouta agreed to appoint Islam Army commander as General Chief, days after the fall of strategic Mleiha town by Syrian army forces. Source to Zaman Alwasl said rebels in neighboring suburbs...

(AP) — The U.S. has begun surveillance flights over Syria after President Barack Obama gave the OK, U.S. officials said, a move that could pave the way for airstrikes against Islamic State militant targets there. While the White House says Obama has not approved military action...