His orange henna-dyed beard and striking eyewear would make him easy to pick out in a crowd, but Abdul Qadir Mumin has ...

A Hamas official said Sunday the group was ready to free 34 hostages in the "first phase" of a potential deal with Israel, ...

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Already shaken and crisis-hit after Soleimani, the Quds Force has been commanded by a low-charisma successor and remains on a ...

Ministers from Syria's transitional government urged the United States to lift its sanctions on Damascus during their first ...

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot on Sunday said he would have preferred if Syria's new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa had shaken the hand of his German counterpart Annalena Baerbock on their visit to ...

Israel pounded the Gaza Strip on Sunday, killing at least 23 people according to rescuers, nearly 15 months into the war with ...

Hundreds protested in Lebanon's second city Tripoli on Sunday, demanding that authorities release Islamists detained during ...

Determining the fate of those who went missing during Syria's civil war will be a massive task likely to take years, the ...

Israel confirmed on Saturday that negotiations for a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal had resumed in Qatar, as ...

On the slopes of Mount Qasyun which overlooks Damascus, a network of tunnels links a military complex, tasked with defending ...

The Islamist takeover of Syria has left Egypt apprehensive and cautiously calibrating future ties, years after President ...