World Jul 16 Israel launches airstrike on Syrian Defense Ministry in heart of Damascus Israel's attack Wednesday came hours after a drone strike on the same building. Syrian state media reported a "number of casualties" without giving further details.
World Jul 09 Israeli strike kills 40 Palestinians in Gaza as Netanyahu and Trump meet over a ceasefire As talks for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip resume, Palestinians in the battered enclave say they are desperate for deal to end the war. Israel and Hamas are considering a new U.S.-backed ceasefire proposal that would pause the war,…
World Jul 03 94 Palestinians killed in Gaza, including 45 people waiting for aid, authorities say Dozens of people were killed in airstrikes that pounded tents and a school sheltering displaced people in the Strip Wednesday night and Thursday morning.
World Jun 22 At least 22 people killed in suicide bomber attack on Greek Orthodox church in Syria A suicide bomber in Syria opened fire then detonated an explosive vest inside a Greek Orthodox church filled with people praying on Sunday, killing at least 22 and wounding 63 others, state media reported.
World Jun 12 Hamas says it killed 12 Israeli-backed fighters. Israeli-supported group says they were aid workers Gaza's Hamas-run police force said it killed 12 members of an Israeli-backed militia after detaining them early Thursday.
World May 14 What lifting sanctions on Syria could mean for the war-torn country President Trump’s announcement that the U.S. will ease sanctions on Syria could eventually facilitate the country’s recovery from years of civil war and transform the lives of everyday Syrians.
World Mar 10 Syria's worst violence in months reopens wounds of the country's 13-year civil war The attack Thursday near the port city of Latakia reopened the wounds of the country’s 13-year civil war and sparked the worst violence Syria has seen since December, when insurgents led by the Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, or HTS,…
World Feb 08 War-torn Lebanon establishes its first full government in more than 2 years President Joseph Aoun announced in a statement that he had accepted the resignation of the former caretaker government and signed a decree with new Prime Minister Nawaf Salam forming the new government.
World Feb 03 At least 19 people, mostly women, killed in latest car bomb attack in Syria A hospital worker says at least 19 people are dead after the latest car bomb exploded on the outskirts of a northern Syrian city.
World Jan 26 Lebanon, Israel agree to extend troop withdrawal deadline after Israeli forces fired on protestors Israeli forces in southern Lebanon on Sunday opened fire on protesters demanding their withdrawal in line with a ceasefire agreement, killing at least 22 and injuring 124, Lebanese health officials reported.