The organization representing families of hostages held in the Gaza strip is celebrating the news that three male hostages would be released Saturday as part of the ceasefire agreement between Israel ...

Syria is seeking to import oil via local intermediaries after its first post-Assad import tenders garnered little interest ...

Hamas has survived Israel’s 15-month war in the Gaza Strip. Now, the militant group is replenishing its ranks, although restocking its weapons supplies will be more difficult.

Syria's new Islamist leaders are undertaking a radical overhaul of the country's broken economy, including plans to fire a ...

Lives lived: Marianne Faithfull, who took a long and perilous journey to critical acclaim as a singer, ultimately releasing ...

This photo gallery, curated by photo editor Patrick Sison, highlights some of the most compelling images worldwide made or ...

The jet carrying 64 people had departed from Wichita, Kan., and the helicopter was carrying three U.S. service members. The ...

Hamas confirmed for the first time on Thursday that Israeli killed the head of its military wing, Mohammed Deif, in an airstrike last year. Deif was one of the alleged ...

Militants in the Gaza Strip have released eight hostages, handing them over to the Red Cross amid chaotic crowds as part of a swap in which 110 Palestinians are to ...

Syria’s de facto leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa, on Wednesday abolished the country’s constitution and declared himself president ...

Hamas is rushing to reassert control over the territory it has ruled since 2007. Its leaders are exuberant—at least in public ...