World Nov 03 Palestinian civilians describe 'constant terror' as they try to survive in northern Gaza amid Israel's offensive The Israeli army is intensifying its bombing campaign while also battling Hamas militants just north of Gaza City. It's the start of what officials expect to be a long and bloody invasion that has already pinned down hundreds of thousands…
World Nov 02 U.S. and Arab diplomats urge pause in Gaza fighting as Israeli ground troops advance Israel's ground troops are advancing toward Gaza City, as the U.S. and Arab countries intensify diplomatic efforts to ease the siege of the Hamas-ruled enclave and bring about at least a brief stop to the fighting to help civilians.
World Oct 26 Israeli troops raid northern Gaza to 'prepare' for an expected full-scale invasion Israeli troops and tanks launched an hourslong ground raid into northern Gaza overnight. The military said troops struck several militant targets in Thursday's raid in order to "prepare the battlefield" ahead of a widely expected ground invasion.
World Oct 26 Israeli military says troops carried out hourslong ground raid into Gaza before an expected wider incursion The raid came after the U.N. warned that it is on the verge of running out of fuel in the Gaza Strip, forcing it to sharply curtail relief efforts in the territory, which has also been under a complete siege…
World Oct 25 Hezbollah leader meets with Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad officials for first time since Israel-Hamas war erupted The leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah group met with Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad officials for the first time since the Israel-Hamas war erupted earlier this month.
World Oct 24 Lebanon PM visits troops at the country's tense southern border with Israel Lebanon's caretaker prime minister has visited troops deployed near the border with Israel and U.N. peacekeepers as Hezbollah militants and Israeli troops clash for a third week.
World Oct 18 Demonstrators in Lebanon protesting Gaza hospital blast clash with security forces near U.S. Embassy The protests came as President Joe Biden made a show of solidarity with Israel during his visit there. The Hezbollah group, a key ally of Hamas, held its own rally.
World Oct 17 5 Hezbollah fighters are killed as tensions flare along the border between Lebanon and Israel Israeli forces and armed groups in Lebanon on Tuesday continued to engage in low-level skirmishes since the outbreak of the latest war in Gaza.
World Oct 05 Syrian official says 80 dead, 240 wounded in drone strike at military graduation Syria's health minister says a drone attack that hit a packed military graduation ceremony in the central city of Homs has wounded 240 and killed 80, including six children.
World Aug 21 Inflation, economic woes spark protests in southern Syria The protests come a week after Syrian President Bashar Assad issued two decrees doubling public sector wages and pensions, sparking inflation and compounding economic woes for others.