An Iraqi delegation met with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa in Damascus on Friday to discuss restoring an Iraqi oil pipeline through Syria to Mediterranean ports, the Iraqi state news agency reported. The Iraqi delegation, led by the head of the National Intelligence Service, and al-Sharaa...

Gaza’s civil defense agency reported on Friday that the death toll from an Israeli airstrike the day before on a house in the north of the Palestinian territory had risen to 23. “Civil defense teams recovered 11 bodies last night and this morning following the Israeli bombing that...

Gaza rescue teams and medics said Israeli air strikes killed at least 55 people on Thursday, as the military threatened an even larger offensive if hostages were not freed soon. Israel resumed its military assault in the Gaza Strip on March 18, after the collapse of a two-month ceasefire...

The International Monetary Fund plans to work with Syria to help it reintegrate into the global economy, IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva said on Thursday, citing a meeting on the war-scarred nation held this week. Georgieva told reporters that Syria’s central bank governor and finance...