Israeli army bombs police headquarters and security buildings in Gaza as authorities say 65 Palestinians killed, including 16 children, since escalation began. Hamas, the group that rules the Gaza Strip, launched a new barrage of rockets into Israel after Israeli missiles destroyed a third...

Syria has freed more than 400 civil servants, judges, lawyers and journalists detained this year in a crackdown on social media dissent, a move seen by rights activists and former detainees as intended to win over public opinion ahead of presidential elections. Those released after...

 The head of a U.N. team investigating atrocities in Iraq announced Monday it has found “clear and compelling evidence” that Islamic State extremists committed genocide against the Yazidi minority in 2014 and said the militant group successfully developed chemical weapons and used...

It's another Eid a long way from home for Esfandiyar Ahmad and her family. They are Syrian refugees living in Domiz camp in Dohuk, Iraq. The family left Afrin and have been here for nine years. But they still keep their Syrian customs alive to mark the end of the fasting...