At least 30 people have been killed in clashes in southern Syria as authorities sent forces to de-escalate the situation.
Scores of people were also injured in the violence between Bedouin Sunni tribes and fighters from the Druze religious minority (...)
France is celebrating its biggest national holiday, Bastille Day, with military jet flyovers, a drone light show over the Eiffel Tower and fireworks in almost every city.
Around 7,000 people are marching on riding on horseback or in armoured (...)
Authorities in Syria announced Sunday that some of the country's worst wildfires in years have been brought under control following 10 days of intense firefighting in the heavily forested mountains of Latakia province.
The fires, fueled by high (...)
A 300-member-strong Palestinian militia has emerged in Gaza, aiming to liberate the Strip from Hamas — and now it says it has the backing of Israel.
The group, calling itself the Popular Forces, operates in eastern Rafah under the leadership of (...)
Authorities in Syria appealed to the European Union on Tuesday for help in battling massive wildfires that have been spreading across the north-western coastal region for the sixth consecutive day.
"Communication has also been established with the (...)
Israel's defense minister says he has instructed its military to prepare a plan to move all Palestinians in Gaza into a camp in the south of the territory, Israeli media reports say.
Israel Katz told journalists on Monday he wanted to establish a (...)
RIYADH — Lebanon's Customs were able to foil an attempt to smuggle more than 5,000,000 amphetamine pills, thanks to the cooperation between Saudi and Lebanese security forces.
Talal Al-Shalhoub, security spokesperson of the Ministry of Interior, (...)
Airlines have canceled or rerouted flights to and from the Middle East, as the conflict between Israel and Iran raged.
Qatar's Doha airport, a critical hub in the region, halted operations on Monday, after Iran fired missiles at a US military base (...)
Iran's ambassador and permanent representative to the United Nations in Geneva has said diplomacy still have a chance if Israel stops its strikes but warned that Iran would target the United States if it chooses to come into the conflict.
"We (...)
A ballistic missile fired from Iran struck the wall of a building in central Israel on Monday, breaching a reinforced shelter, a preliminary investigation by Israel's civilian protection military body has revealed.
At least four people were killed (...)
The Israeli military carried out strikes on Hezbollah "drone factories" in southern Lebanon and suburbs of Beirut on Thursday, as large plumes of smoke could be seen rising from the Lebanese capital.
The Israeli attack marked its biggest escalation (...)
A Lebanese man was killed on Saturday in an Israeli airstrike targeting a vehicle in the southern town of Deir El-Zahrani, Lebanon's Health Ministry confirmed, marking another breach of the fragile ceasefire agreement between Israel and (...)
A Lebanese government-led committee held its first meeting Friday to begin developing a timetable and mechanism for the disarmament of Palestinian factions in Lebanon's refugee camps.
The Lebanese-Palestinian Dialogue Committee, which acts as a (...)
BRUSSELS — The Supervisor General of the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief), Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabeeah, praised international recognition of Saudi Arabia's pivotal role in addressing humanitarian crises, particularly its efforts (...)
BAGHDAD — Saudi Arabia has reaffirmed its unequivocal rejection of the forced displacement of Palestinians "under any circumstances," Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel Al-Jubeir said Saturday during the 34th Arab League Summit in (...)
Riyadh — United States President Donald Trump told Gulf leaders on Wednesday that he urgently wants "to make a deal" with Iran to wind down its nuclear program. "Tehran must end its support of proxy groups throughout the region as part of any (...)
JORDAN VALLEY — Dust was rising on the track. It hung in the hot midday air as the white jeep came toward us. The driver was less than a minute away.
"I think it's Moshe Sharvit," said Gil Alexander, 72, a devout religious Jew who tries to protect (...)
India's strikes on Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir have unleashed a wave of misinformation online, with unrelated videos purporting to be from the strikes gaining millions of views.
Dramatic clips debunked by BBC Verify have claimed to (...)
A failed interception of a missile fired from Yemen forced Israel to briefly shut down its main international airport on Sunday, exposing the country's vulnerabilities and the Houthi rebels' continued ability to strike distant targets despite a (...)
The Houthi rebels in Yemen announced on Sunday evening the imposition of a comprehensive air blockade on Israel, in what it described as a response to the Israeli government's decision to expand its military operations in the Gaza Strip.
In a (...)
Israel's war in Gaza grinds on, but opposition is growing.
In recent weeks, thousands of Israeli reservists – from all branches of the military – have signed letters demanding that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government stop the fighting and (...)
Syria strongly condemned foreign intervention in the country following a rare Israeli strike near Damascus on Wednesday amid deadly sectarian violence.
Syria said the Israeli strike killed at least one security officer and injured several other (...)
Israel has bombed the southern suburbs of Beirut for the third time since a ceasefire with the Lebanese group Hezbollah took effect at the end of November last year.
About an hour before the strike, Israel issued a warning stating that it was (...)
Lebanon will place all weapons under the control of the state but will wait for the "right conditions" to implement the plan, President Joseph Aoun said on Sunday.
Speaking after a meeting with Maronite Patriarch Cardinal Bechara Boutros Al-Rai, (...)
Iran and Armenia conducted two days of joint military drills, involving high-level military personnel, which the two said involved simulated terrorist threats targeting border checkpoints.
The exercises were conducted last week on Iranian and (...)
