(JERUSALEM) — On the surface, the Arab League‘s improved peace initiative offers Israel everything it ever dreamed of — normal relations with an entire region that has long objected to the very existence of the Jewish state, and even the chance to keep some war-won land.
But two weeks after U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry …
Syrian rebel commander Khalid al-Hamad says he bit into a dead enemy soldier’s internal organ because he wanted revenge
(MOSCOW) — Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday that focused on the situation in Syria, amid concerns that Moscow could soon provide Damascus with advanced missiles.
Israeli officials have asked Russia to stop what they say is an imminent delivery of Russian S-300 air …
A new coalition is fighting to give women in Jordan the right to pass on their citizenship to their children
(CAIRO) — In his first comments to the media since he was detained more than two years ago, Egypt‘s ousted leader Hosni Mubarak said he is dismayed at the country’s state of affairs and particularly the plight of the poor.
The 85-year old Mubarak said in remarks published Sunday in Al-Watan newspaper that it is also too early to …
(DAMASCUS, Syria) — Syrian rebels on Sunday released four Filipino U.N. peacekeepers they abducted last week in a dramatic incident that prompted warnings from the Philippines that the nation might pull out its contingent from the Golan Heights.
Meanwhile, a Syrian official said President Bashar Assad‘s troops have the right to …
A video shows what appears to be a shocking atrocity from the battlefields of Syria
Turkey’s prime minister vowed Sunday his country won’t be drawn into Syria’s civil war, despite twin car bombings the government believes were carried out by a group of Turks with close ties to pro-government groups in Syria
(REYHANLI, Turkey) — In one of the deadliest attacks in Turkey in recent years, two car bombs exploded near the border with Syria on Saturday, killing 43 and wounding 140 others. Turkish officials blamed the attack on a group …
(BEIRUT) — The top U.N. human rights official expressed concern Friday that a Syrian troop buildup around a besieged, rebel-held town in western Syria could lead to more atrocities if the area is overrun.
(BEIRUT) — Syria will supply “game-changing” weapons to Hezbollah, the chief of the Lebanese militant group said Thursday, less than a week after Israeli airstrikes on Damascus targeted alleged shipments of advanced Iranian missiles bound for Hezbollah.
Israel has signaled it will respond with airstrikes to any future weapons …
A dangerous game of brinkmanship is unfolding in the Middle East pitting Israel against Syria and its militant Shi‘ite ally Hizballah in what threatens to expand the two-year Syrian civil war into a full-blown regional …
(BEIRUT) — Syrian warplanes pounded rebel targets in two northern provinces on Thursday as President Bashar Assad‘s troops pushed on with an offensive to reclaim more territory from the opposition.
The strikes came against the backdrop of a new, joint U.S.-Russia effort to bring the sides in the 26-month-long conflict to the …
