Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that the Golan Heights, occupied by Israel for almost 60 years, would remain Israeli “for eternity”. Speaking at a press conference in Jerusalem, Netanyahu thanked US President-elect Donald Trump for recognizing Israel’s 1981...

Germany, France, Austria and several Nordic countries said Monday they would freeze all pending asylum requests from Syrians, a day after the ouster of president Bashar al-Assad. While Berlin and other governments said they were watching the fast-moving developments in the war-ravaged...

At least two explosions heard in Damascus on Monday night took place in the area of Barzeh, near Damascus, where the Syrian Scientific Studies and Research Centre has an office, three witnesses in the neighbourhood told Reuters. The SSRC has been sanctioned and previously struck for its...

An Israeli strike targeted an air defense installation near Syria’s Mediterranean Latakia port, Syrian security sources said on Monday.