Palestinian militant group Hamas handed over three Israeli hostages on Saturday, and dozens of Palestinian prisoners and detainees were released in exchange, in the latest stage of a truce aimed at ending the 15-month war in Gaza. Ofer Kalderon, a French-Israeli dual national, and Yarden...

The Syrian General Security announced today, Friday, the arrest of Brigadier General "Atef Najib", the former head of the Political Security Branch in Daraa, who arrested children in Daraa in 2011 for writing the phrase "Your turn has come, Doctor (Bashar al-Assad)" on the walls of their...

Gaza’s Rafah border crossing with Egypt is to reopen Saturday following a fourth exchange of hostages and prisoners under a truce agreement, a Hamas official and a source with knowledge of the discussions told AFP. “The mediators informed Hamas of Israel’s approval to open Rafah...

Baden-Württemberg Justice Minister Marion Jentings has called for reconstruction aid in Syria to be linked to the new Syrian government's cooperation in returning refugees. "Any support for reconstruction must be conditional on the new authorities' commitment to creating suitable...