Islamic State  fighters have killed nearly 4,100 people in  Syria  since 2019 when the jihadists lost their last stronghold in the country, a war monitor said on June 29. IS overran large swathes of Syria and Iraq in 2014, proclaiming a so-called caliphate and...

Syrian sources said that Lebanon's Hezbollah party is inciting tension between the provinces of Suwayda and Daraa by providing arms to the Iranian-backed National Defense Forces (NDF) to confront the 5th Corps, supported by Russia. Hezbollah was active in recent weeks in southwest Syrian...

Much like every morning, Hafis A. was making his way to the restaurant where he used to work. The young  Syrian  man had no idea his life as a refugee in Istanbul was about to change. When Turkish security authorities pulled him over and demanded his papers which had expired two...

Israel’s ongoing attacks on the Gaza Strip have killed 43 more Palestinians, pushing up the overall death toll since last October to 37,877 people, the Health Ministry in the besieged enclave said on Sunday. A ministry statement added that at least 86,969 other people have also been injured in...

Syrian national table tennis player Hend Zaza has won the gold medal at the Asian Children’s Games currently being held in Sakha, Russia, after defeating Russian player Katerina Keramova by a score of 4-1. Hind had reached the semi-finals of the tournament by defeating Russian player Sofia...

The Israeli army said Friday it detected three explosive-laden drones and rockets fired from Lebanon toward northern Israel. The army said in a statement that it launched interceptor missiles that downed the projectiles. It added that 25 rockets were fired toward the Western Galilee area and...

Hamas condemned on Friday an Israeli move to legalize new settlement outposts and units in the occupied West Bank. The Palestinian resistance group denounced the announcement as "a practical declaration by the fascist occupation government to proceed with extremist (Finance Minister Bezalel)...

Reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian is leading in Iran's snap election held after late President Ebrahim Raisi was killed in a helicopter crash last month. Pezeshkian is at 42.3%, according to a spokesman from the country's election headquarters, who said candidate Saeed Jalili is following...

Lebanese Foreign Minister Abdullah Bou Habib urged countries on Friday to show solidarity with Lebanon in the face of Israeli threats to launch a war. Bou Habib was commenting on countries that issued warnings in recent days to their nationals to leave or avoid travel to Lebanon amid tension...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday he did not rule out a possible meeting with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to help restore bilateral relations between the neighbours. Turkey severed ties with Syria after the 2011 Syrian civil war and supported rebels looking to oust Assad. It...

- Thousands of cancer, kidney and other patients are facing a ‘death sentence’ because they are denied treatment, Samaana tells Anadolu BELFAST, Northern Ireland Malnutrition in Gaza has reached such desperate levels that a mother is now trying to sell her kidney to be able to feed her...

“I wish for death,” says Umm Khattab*, a Syrian  refugee  who has called a flimsy tent along the northeast border of  Lebanon  home for years. “We live in constant anxiety and terror. Death has become more merciful than living here.” Her words capture the stark reality faced...

The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) reported on Friday that over 625,000 Palestinian children in Gaza have been deprived of education since the start of the Israeli onslaught on the besieged enclave on Oct. 7, 2023. In a statement, UNRWA said: “More than 625,000 children in Gaza...

On June 27, 1980, in under an hour, the Assad regime killed some 1,000 political prisoners at the infamous desert prison. We are still waiting for accountability. By Razan Saffour I met my maternal uncle, Burhan, for the first time in 2018. At the time, I was living in...

Lebanese authorities confirmed on late Wednesday that the "Masnaa" border crossing point between Lebanon and Syria is still functioning, but is experiencing high levels of congestion due to updates being applied to the electronic systems on the Lebanese side. Syrian outlet Enab Baladi...

As many as 292 million people worldwide were drug users in 2022, up 20% in the last 10 years, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said Wednesday. In its World Drug Report 2024, which compiled data from 2022, the agency said it was believed that one out of every 18 people worldwide aged...

At least 28 Palestinians were detained by Israeli forces in military raids carried out across the occupied West Bank, according to prisoners’ affairs groups on Thursday. A student was among the detainees in the raids that targeted the cities of East Jerusalem, Hebron, Jenin, Bethlehem, Ramallah...

PARIS (AP) — The Paris appeals court ruled on Wednesday that an international arrest warrant for Syrian President Bashar Assad issued by France for alleged complicity in war crimes during Syria’s civil war is valid and remains in place. Jeanne Sulzer and Clemence Witt, lawyers who...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expects the issuance of arrest warrants by the International Court of Justice (ICC) for him and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant by July 24, according to Israeli media on Wednesday. On May 20, ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan requested arrest warrants for...

Israeli protesters on Wednesday blocked a main highway in Tel Aviv, central Israel, demanding the government reach a prisoner swap deal with Palestinians to secure the release of captives in Gaza. According to the Israeli state broadcaster KAN, the protesters holding photos of the captives in...