U.N. peacekeepers' "freedom of movement is severely constrained in the current context," a U.N. official told Newsweek.

Rebel forces in Syria captured the capital Damascus and toppled the regime of President Bashar Assad in a lightning-quick ...

By lowering the threshold for direct strikes, the tit for tat has boosted the odds that the two most powerful states in the ...

The U.S. and its partners want to ensure the Islamic State can’t fill the leadership void following President Bashar Assad’s ...

Iranian cartoonist and activist Atena Farghadani, jailed in Iran's infamous Evin prison to serve a six-year sentence over her ...

The sudden collapse of President Bashar al-Assad has come as welcome news to many, but there are jitters both inside and ...

Israel aims to impose a "sterile defence zone" in southern Syria that would be enforced without a permanent troop presence, ...

As Iran deals with the strategic setback of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s ouster, a vicious cycle of confrontation and ...

(AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana) BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s caretaker prime minister on Friday asked Iran to help secure a cease-fire in the war between Israel and Hezbollah and appeared to urge it ...

President Joe Biden, speaking in Washington, called the agreement “good news” and ... fighting in Lebanon is expected to reduce the likelihood of war between Israel and Iran, which backs ...

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TEL AVIV, Israel — The Israeli military said Monday an Israeli American soldier who was believed to have been taken hostage ...