Jerusalem — Under the cover of darkness, the helicopters from Israel began to arrive in southern Syria on Dec. 17, 2024, nine days after the ouster of former president Bashar al-Assad. Packed ...

Syria's state-run SANA news agency reported that two civilians were killed and 15 were wounded by shelling, and that dozens of families fled two neighborhoods of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. BEIRUT (AP) — The head of the U.N. refugee agency in Lebanon said Thursday that the move by the ...

Amman, Jordan, December 16, 2025 — The International Rescue Committee (IRC) released its annual Emergency Watchlist, identifying the 20 countries most at risk of worsening humanitarian crises in 2026.

JERUSALEM — President Donald Trump’s administration is working overtime to prevent a full-blown military escalation between Israel and the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militia in Lebanon, and to cool ...

The battle lines in the Middle East have shifted to reveal three coalitions: the Turkey-Qatar bloc, the battered Iranian “Axis of Resistance,” and the “pro-stability” grouping of Israel and the Gulf ...

The trip comes days before the anniversary of the fall of Bashar al-Assad, and as Lebanon is navigating the cease-fire between Hezbollah and Israel. By Farnaz Fassihi Farnaz Fassihi has covered the ...

The IDF released body-camera footage Friday from a rare face-to-face gun battle in southern Syria, where troops from the 55th Brigade were fired on while arresting members of al-Jama’a al-Islamiyya, a ...

Several Israeli soldiers were wounded and militants killed during an overnight battle in Syria, one of the worst flareups of violence near the countries’ border this year. Israeli troops moved near ...

BEIRUT (AP) — The U.S.’s special envoy for Syria on Saturday called Lebanon “a failed state” in remarks underscoring Washington’s frustration with Beirut’s “paralyzed government,” even as Syria inches ...