Islamist-led rebels are pressing a major offensive in northern Syria in which they seized the second city Aleppo from the government for the first time since civil war erupted in 2011.

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Surge in strikes have strained truce between Israel and Hezbollah. While insurgents in Syria make fresh gains against forces ...

The US and NATO-backed war for regime change in Syria, launched in 2011, has been revived. Turkey, Syria’s northern neighbour ...

Lebanon’s Health Ministry and state media say Israeli forces have carried out several new drone and artillery strikes in southern Lebanon, killing a shepherd ...

The consequences of recent events in the Middle East and their impact on the military balance. Thomas L. Friedman shares his ...

Syria’s long civil war has reclaimed global attention after insurgents seized most of its largest city and dozens of nearby towns and villages.

Years of war and a powerful earthquake had led to crushing poverty, displacement and breakdowns in services. But over the ...

Islamist-led rebels advanced Tuesday on Syria's fourth-largest city Hama, buoyed by their lightning capture of swathes of the ...

Lebanon's Health Ministry and state media say Israeli forces have carried out several new drone and artillery strikes in ...

Lebanese families displaced in Iraq by the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah have begun returning to their homes in ...

Iran and Russia, both stretched by conflicts of their own, have experienced setbacks in Syria after a rebel offensive in the ...