The leader of Hamas in Gaza said on Friday the Islamist group was "not calling for war" with Israel, and that Egypt and other parties were working behind the scenes to defuse the worst flare-up in violence since a 2014 conflict. Israel's military has traded blows with Hamas over the past few...

Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- A surprising act of the Syrian regime prevented residents of the countryside of Latakia who left to the city from returning to their villages under its control. The news of dismissing and denying access of people to their villages after leaving them...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Fighting between Islamic State fighters and regiem forces continued for the third day near al-Shaer gas field east of Homs city, as the radical group's accounts reprted killing of 30 regime troops, sources said. The clashes that erupted on Sunday to capture al-Shaer gas field...

The United States said on Wednesday it had agreed with Russia to extend a cessation of hostilities agreement to include Aleppo where intense day-long violence between Syrian rebels and government forces killed dozens of people. The State Department said the truce went into effect at 12:01 a.m....