IDLIB, Syria (AP) — A powerful al-Qaida-linked group that dominates much of rebel-held northwestern Syria released Friday one of its founders after he spent months in jail on suspicion of having links with forces outside the country. The release appears to be a move by the militant group's...

(THE CONVERSATION) In October 2022, Lebanon and Israel signed a maritime border agreement brokered by the U.S., a move interpreted as the beginning of normalizing relations between two countries technically at war. The next step would have been the settlement of the long-running land border...

The US military announced on Wednesday that it had carried out defensive strikes to neutralize a shipborne ballistic missile and three unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) launched towards a US destroyer from areas controlled by Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen. The threats to the USS Carney...

The US carried out "self-defense strikes" against Houthi targets in Yemen, US Central Command (CENTCOM) said Monday. On March 4 "at 8 p.m. (Sanaa time), CENTCOM forces conducted self-defense strikes against two anti-ship cruise missiles that presented an imminent threat to merchant vessels...