JERUSALEM/GAZA (Reuters) - Israel announced the start of a Gaza ground campaign on Thursday after 10 days of aerial and naval bombardments failed to stop persistent Palestinian rocket attacks, but it signalled the invasion would be limited in scope. A statement from Prime...

(Reporting by Faris Al Rifai; Translation by Dani Murad) (Zaman Alwasl)- For many years, even before the current conflict, torture and ill-treatment were consistently reported in regime’s prisons, and detainees were often held beyond the...

(Translation by Yusra Ahmed) Zaman Alwasl- Key foreign jihadist groups in Syria are planning to merge in one front to face the growing power of the Islamic State, rebel source says. Al mujahedeen army, al Muhajereen Army (Immigrants army)...

Israel's cabinet has accepted an Egyptian proposal for a ceasefire to end a week of conflict in Gaza that has killed 192 Palestinians, but the Palestinian group Hamas has not officially reacted. The office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the cabinet met...