IDLIB/DAMASCUS, Syria, April 29 (Reuters) – The toppling of Syrian strongman Bashar al-Assad has been great for Mohammad al-Badawi. His sales have doubled as beverages he imports cheaply from Turkey into the former-rebel stronghold of Idlib can now be sold … Read More
CAIRO, April 17 (Reuters) – Hamas wants a comprehensive deal to end the war in Gaza and swap all Israeli hostages for Palestinians jailed in Israel, a senior official from the Palestinian militant group said, rejecting Israel’s offer of an … Read More
Several of the Iran-backed militia groups operating in Iraq are set to demilitarize for the first time to avoid conflict with the US following President Trump’s threats to Tehran’s proxies, senior Baghdad officials said. Ten senior commanders and Iraqi officials … Read More
Hamas thugs fatally tortured a young Palestinian man protesting their rule — and left his body on his family’s doorstep in a sick warning to other foes in the Gaza Strip, according to police. Uday Al Rabay, 22, was beaten … Read More
Israel launched an attack on the Lebanese capital Beirut on Friday for the first time since a ceasefire ended fighting between Israeli forces and the Hezbollah militant group in November. Associated Press reporters in Beirut heard a large boom and … Read More
Armed militants in Pakistan’s Balochistan region have attacked a train carrying hundreds of passengers and taken a number of hostages, military sources have told the BBC. The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) fired at the Jaffar Express Train as it travelled … Read More
CAIRO, March 10 (Reuters) – The Kurdish-led and U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, which controls much of Syria’s oil-rich northeast, signed a deal with the Damascus government on Monday to join Syria’s new state institutions, the Syrian presidency said on Monday. … Read More
Syrian security forces are alleged to have executed 52 people belonging to the Alawite minority in the coastal province of Latakia, according to one war monitoring group. Footage seen by the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights shows dozens of … Read More
Five soldiers and at least 13 civilians, including women and children, were killed in a twin suicide bombing Tuesday that targeted a military compound in northwestern Pakistan, according to the military. The attack in Bannu district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province … Read More
DOHA/CAIRO, March 4 (Reuters) – Arab leaders adopted an Egyptian reconstruction plan for Gaza on Tuesday that would cost $53 billion and avoid displacing Palestinians from the enclave, in contrast to U.S. President Donald Trump’s “Middle East Riviera” vision. Egyptian … Read More