A Syrian war monitor said Wednesday that regime forces have launched a counteroffensive near Hama, pushing back against armed opposition groups seeking to advance on the key central city. Hama was a bastion of opposition to the regime of Bashar al-Assad early in the country’s civil war,...

Lebanese media reported on Wednesday five new Israeli violations of a fragile cease-fire deal between Beirut and Tel Aviv. Lebanon’s official National News Agency (NNA) said an Israeli artillery shell hit the Marjayoun Plain area in southern Lebanon. Israeli army forces also blew up several...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Residents of Al-Aziziyah neighborhood in Aleppo city decorate the Christmas tree amidst a state of relative calm and stability, reflected by the treatment of the armed factions, which have confirmed since entering the northern city, with its sectarian and ethnic diversity,...

Medics and rights groups on Tuesday called for the immediate opening of a humanitarian corridor from Gaza to allow the urgent evacuation of patients to hospitals in east Jerusalem. Israel controls all points of departure from the Gaza Strip which has been battered by over a year of war...