Israeli troops shot and killed two Palestinian men who tried to stab soldiers at a checkpoint in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, the Israeli military said, part of a wave of violence now in its fourth month. The soldiers were not injured in the confrontation at Bekaot checkpoint in the...

 The aid will be delivered on Monday to the besieged town of Madaya at the Lebanese border as 63 people have been killed due to a six-month-old siege imposed by the Syrian regime. The United Nation said the deal agreed on Saturday will also allow aid be deliverd simultaneously to two...

Humanitarian groups could begin delivering much-needed aid in three besieged Syrian towns as early as Sunday, spokesmen said on Friday. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and U.N. World Food Programme (WFP) said they were preparing convoys packed with food and...

Turkey introduced visa requirements for Syrians arriving by air and sea on Friday, part of efforts to stem the flow of illegal migrants to Europe, forcing hundreds of Syrians to return to Damascus, officials said. Some 400 Syrians transiting through Beirut were unable to board two...