Middle East
Netanyahu in last-minute bid to scupper possible deal to unseat him
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu manoeuvred on Sunday to try to dissuade opponents from forming a “government of change”, with media reports saying ...Syria’s Assad wins 4th term with 95% of vote, in election the West calls fraudulent
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad won a fourth term in office with 95.1% of the votes in an election that will extend his ...Syrians vote in election certain to give Assad new mandate
Polling stations opened on Wednesday across Syria in a presidential election that is set to usher Bashar al-Assad into a fourth term ...Israel-Hamas ceasefire holds, Egyptian mediators shuttle between the two sides
A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas-led Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip held on Saturday as Egyptian mediators pressed on with talks ...Palestinians claim victory as Gaza truce faces early test
Palestinians rallied by the thousands early Friday after a cease-fire took effect in the latest Gaza war, with many viewing it as ...Israel agrees Gaza ceasefire after 11 days of intense fighting with Hamas
-Israel and Hamas will cease fire across the Gaza Strip border as of 2 a.m. on Friday (2300 GMT Thursday), an official ...Renewed violence over Gaza despite ceasefire moves gaining momentum
Diplomatic moves towards a ceasefire in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict gathered pace on Thursday after U.S. President Joe Biden called for a de-escalation, ...Israel’s Netanyahu ‘determined’ to continue Gaza operation
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Wednesday to press ahead with a fierce military offensive in the Gaza Strip, pushing back against ...All eyes on Hezbollah as tensions rise on Israel border
Israel’s deadly Gaza offensive has many eyes trained on the Lebanese border for a Hezbollah reaction, but observers argue the Iran-backed movement ...World powers urge truce as Israel-Palestinian conflict rages
Israel bombarded Gaza with air strikes and Palestinian militants resumed cross-border rocket fire on Tuesday after a brief overnight lull during which ...














