Middle East
Israel court orders closure of building at tense Jerusalem holy site
An Israeli court ordered the temporary closure of a side building at a highly sensitive Jerusalem holy site that has been the ...Israel launches Gaza strikes after rockets fired at Tel Aviv
Israeli military aircraft bombed Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip, hours after two rockets were launched at Tel Aviv in the first ...Syria death toll tops 370,000 in 8 years of war: monitor
Eight years of war in Syria have left more than 370,000 people dead including 112,000 civilians.U.S.-backed Syria forces say IS suicide bombers thwarted in last-stand battle
The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces said it thwarted an attempted Islamic State group suicide bomb attack early on Wednesday during a last-stand ...Unrest at Jerusalem holy site and two Palestinians killed in West Bank
Palestinians threw a fire bomb at an Israeli police post at a site revered by Jews and Muslims in Jerusalem, and Israeli ...Twenty-two civilians killed, including children, in north Yemen – U.N.
Air strikes by the Saudi-led coalition killed at least 22 civilians, including women and children, in a village in northern Yemen.U.S.-backed Syrian force attacks Islamic State enclave
U.S.-backed Syrian forces launched an assault against the final Islamic State enclave in eastern Syria, aiming to wipe out the last vestige ...Netanyahu warns Hamas after Gaza unrest
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Hamas that Israel would not hesitate to launch a "large-scale operation" in Gaza, as daily exchanges with ...Palestinian killed by Israeli fire in border clashes
A Palestinian teenager was killed by Israeli fire during renewed clashes along the Gaza border, the enclave\'s health ministry said Thursday, with ...Fierce fighting as US-backed Syrian forces advance on IS
Commanders of a U.S.-backed Syrian force fighting the Islamic State group in Syria say intense fighting is taking place as fighters advance ...




