The Israeli military launched an attack on Gaza on Sunday, Israeli media reported, dimming hopes that a week-old US-mediated ceasefire would lead to lasting peace in the enclave as Israel traded blame with Palestinian militant group Hamas. An Israeli military official said on Sunday that...

There was no mistaking the reek of death that rose along the Syrian desert highway four nights a week for nearly two years. It was the smell of thousands of bodies being trucked from one mass grave to another, secret location. Drivers were forbidden to leave their cabs. Mechanics and...

Hamas handed over to Israel the remains of one more hostage on Friday night, after insisting it was committed to returning all the dead captives still unaccounted for under Gaza’s ruins after two years of war. “Israel received, via the Red Cross, the coffin of a deceased hostage who was...

Several people were killed and others injured after an explosive device detonated near a bus carrying oil facility guards in Syria’s Deir el-Zor, Syrian media reported on Thursday. Sources told Al Arabiya that five were killed and 13 others were injured in the attack. No group...