Middle East

A year after Bashar Assad fled, Syria struggles to heal...

Syrians marked the first anniversary of the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad and his...

Syria's transition from dictatorship 'will take decades...

A leading French journalist who covered the fall of the regime of Bashar al-Assa...

Syria commemorates one year since Assad's toppling

As Syria marks the first anniversary of Bashar al-Assad’s overthrow on Monday, t...

Syrian city of Homs trapped in cycle of sectarian violence

One year ago, Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad fled the country aboard a Russian mi...

Syria: People celebrate the one&year anniversary of the...

People were gathering to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the overthrow of ...

Netanyahu says Israel and Hamas expected to begin Gaza ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that he expected the secon...

Syria: Tourism struggles to return to the UNESCO site o...

One year after the fall of Bashar Al Assad's regime in Syria, the residents of P...

Merz reiterates Germany’s support for Israel as fragile...

Germany’s Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Saturday met Israeli President Isaac Herz...

Gaza mediators Qatar and Egypt call for next steps of t...

Qatar and Egypt, guarantors of the Gaza ceasefire, called on Saturday for the wi...

Hamas says it will hand over weapons to a Palestinian a...

Palestinian militant group Hamas said Saturday it was ready to give up its arms ...

Sharaa says Israeli demands for demilitarised zone puts...

Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa told the Doha Forum Saturday that Israel's continu...

Syrians celebrate as one year anniversary of Bashar al&...

In Syria, as the anniversary of former president Bashar al-Assad's fall approach...

Two marathon organisers arrested in Iran for allowing w...

Two people who organised a marathon in Iran where a number of women athletes com...

Gaza truce incomplete without 'full withdrawal' by Isra...

Qatar’s prime minister warned Saturday that the nearly two-month-old ceasefire i...

Israeli settlers force Bedouins to leave West Bank comm...

Illegal settler outposts are rapidly spreading across the West Bank, linked to g...

Israeli&backed, anti&Hamas Palestinian militia chief Ab...

Yasser Abu Shabab, a Bedouin clan chief and leader of an armed Palestinian milit...

Did Iran release 'new' videos of Israeli strikes on its...

A video compilation claiming to show new footage of Iranian command centres dest...

Lebanon does 'not want war again' with Israel, presiden...

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun told a UN Security Council delegation on Friday t...

Israeli&backed Palestinian militia leader killed while ...

An Israeli-backed Palestinian militia in Gaza said Thursday its leader, Yasser A...

Israel identifies remains of latest returned hostage as...

The Israeli army on Thursday identified the remains of the second-last hostage t...

Direct talks mark cautious step toward peace between Le...

Lebanon and Israel held their first direct talks in decades, focusing on economi...

Israel had opportunity to normalise with Arab world, be...

Israel and Lebanon are engaging in their first direct talks in decades. And whil...

Red Cross hands over presumed remains of Gaza hostage t...

Israel said on Wednesday that the Red Cross had handed over remains from Gaza th...

Study reveals 'persistent danger' from Israel's white p...

An investigation mapping out 248 strikes highlights Israel's use of white phosph...

Egypt denies deal with Israel to reopen Rafah crossing ...

Egypt on Wednesday denied that it had agreed to a deal with Israel that would op...

In Gaza, a mass wedding of 54 couples brings hope amid ...

On Tuesday, 54 coupleswalked hand in hand, the brides dressed in traditional Pal...

Israeli forensics find Gaza remains handed over by Hama...

Israel on Wednesday said forensic tests of the remains of two deceased people ha...

Mass wedding in Gaza brings hope amid conflict

In Gaza, 54 couples held a mass wedding in Khan Younis, bringing a rare moment o...

French journalists file lawsuit against Israel for bloc...

Two French journalist unions last week filed a complaint with the Paris anti-ter...

Hamas transfers remains of one of the last remaining ho...

The militant group Hamas has transferred the remains of one of the last two dece...

Pope Leo XIV urges unity on day two of Lebanon visit

Pope Leo used the second day of his visit to Lebanon to call for “coexistence,” ...

Pope Leo XIV urges unity in Lebanon visit

On Tuesday, in the final appearances of his trip, he will pray at the site of a ...

Tehran residents film their daily lives as Iran faces d...

Dried-up lakes, recurrent water cuts and undrinkable water: residents of the Ira...

Pope Leo holds mass for 150,000 worshippers at Beirut p...

Pope Leo, on his first visit abroad since becoming a pope in May, prayed Tuesday...

'They’re allowed to do what they want': Palestinians de...

Israeli settlers’ attacks on Palestinians in the West Bank have reached a histor...

Pope urges unity at gathering of Muslim and Christian l...

Religious leaders at an interfaith assembly with Pope Leo XIV on Monday emphasis...

Mekelberg: Netanyahu's pardon request threatens judicia...

"A very unusual request": Israeli President Isaac Herzog said he would focus onl...

Pope Leo urges Lebanese to embrace reconciliation on vi...

Pope Leo XIV landed in Lebanon on Sunday, arriving at a moment of profound uncer...

Israeli PM Netanyahu turns to president for pardon in o...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has asked Israel’s president to grant ...

PKK urges Turkey to free Ocalan, warns peace process wi...

The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) will take no further steps in indirect talks ...

Pope Leo urges Lebanese to take up the 'path of reconci...

Pope Leo XIV landed in Lebanon on Sunday, arriving at a moment of profound uncer...

Palestinians battle harsh weather as winter arrives in ...

Palestinians in Gaza are again fighting for survival as a harsh winter cold swee...

Netanyahu seeks pardon from Israeli president in corrup...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday submitted a formal pardon re...

Israel’s Netanyahu seeks pardon to end corruption trial

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asked the country’s president on Sunda...

Pope Leo takes message of peace to Lebanon after Turkey...

Pope Leo XIV ended his visit to Turkey on Sunday and flew to Lebanon, arriving a...

Israel’s new draft law reignites ultra&Orthodox conscri...

Israeli lawmakers on Monday are set to debate a new draft law on conscripting ul...

Pope visits Blue Mosque, then holds mass in Istanbul

Thousands of worshippers battled the rain to join Pope Leo XIV as he celebrated ...

Pope Leo calls for Christian unity at Turkish site wher...

On the second day of his visit to Turkey, Pope Leo XIV joined Orthodox patriarch...

Pope, Orthodox leader to celebrate early Christian mile...

Pope Leo XIV will join the leader of the world's Orthodox Christians Friday to c...

Damascus blasts Israeli war crime : At least 10 killed

At least 13 people, including two children, were killed and 25 injured as Israel...