Middle East
Syria requests urgent UN Security Council meeting on Golan
Syria asked the United Nations Security Counci to hold an urgent meeting on the US decision to recognize the Golan Heights as ...Israel, Gaza militants in 2nd day of cross-border fighting
Israeli aircraft bombed targets across the Gaza Strip and Gaza militants fired rockets into Israel, the second day of cross-border fighting that ...Gaza rocket strikes home in central Israel
An early morning rocket fired from the Gaza Strip struck a house in central Israel on Monday, wounding seven people and prompting ...Iraq parliament votes to sack official after ferry sinking
Iraq\'s parliament voted to sack a provincial official following the tragic sinking of a ferry in the Tigris River that killed nearly ...US-backed Syrian force declares victory over Islamic State
U.S.-backed forces declared military victory over the Islamic State group in Syria after liberating the last pocket of territory held by the ...Trump says IS territory in Syria nearly eliminated
President Donald Trump says the last of the Islamic State\'s territory in Syria will be freed by U.S.-backed forces "by tonight."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 ...




