The French cement giant Lafarge was charged on Thursday with complicity in crimes against humanity and financing terrorists, for allegedly paying millions to jihadists, including the Islamic State group, to keep a factory open in war-torn Syria. The company, whose Syrian...

The Israeli military said early Wednesday that it conducted airstrikes on the Gaza Strip against two targets belonging to Hamas. On its Twitter account, the Israeli Defense Forces said it considered Hamas responsible for rockets allegedly fired towards Israeli territory, and as...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime media are reporting that airstrikes are targeting southeastern parts of southern Daraa province, ahead of a new offensive there. State-run TV says the offensive aims to cut supply lines between eastern Daraa and rebel-held parts of the provincial...

At least 29 people were killed over the past 24 hours in attacks carried out by the Assad regime in Syria’s southern Daraa province.  On Monday evening, the regime and its allies launched a ground offensive -- supported by Russian air power -- following four earlier attempts to...