Middle East

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has made additional demands of Hamas after his cabinet had approved a ceasefire deal.

The Israeli government on Friday announced that it has approved the deal to end the conflict with Hamas.

Often mysterious, the graffiti preserves fragments of what the anonymous inmates were thinking as they faced torture and death.

The French president is scheduled to meet prime ministerial nominee Nouf Salam and newly elected President Joseph Aoun.

Netanyahu said he will convene with his Security Cabinet on Friday and the Israeli government will then approve the agreement, AP reports.

The ceasefire agreement in Gaza brings a moment of relief to a region devastated by 15 months of war.

Hamas and Israel didn't agree on final hostage release and prisoner exchange details until "recent hours," the official said.

Steve Witkoff, an investor and real estate mogul, has been highlighted as a key figure in securing a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas.

Pope Francis welcomed the New Year by thundering against the ongoing war in the Middle East.

Lebanon now has a new government in waiting for the first time in two years after Nawaf Salam was nominated for prime minister.

When Donald Trump first took office in 2017, the world he inherited—while grappling with challenges like the Islamic State—was relatively stable.

Pakistan has faced a surge in militant violence since November 2022.

Gabbard dissented from the contrived consensus on Syria, actively resisting the false narratives of the permanent national security bureaucracy.

Lebanon's parliament elected the former army commander president after a two-year vacancy for the head of state.

A complex wine press and numerous artifacts were also discovered during excavations at the ancient site in Israel.

This was when I began wondering if I could bring her home.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to find and punish the attackers who killed three people in the West Bank on Monday.

At least 30 people, including children, were killed in Gaza by Israeli strikes overnight and into Friday morning, hospital staff said.

Doctors at Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital said Netanyahu was recuperating satisfactorily, although his recovery period is not over.

The strike hit a tent in an Israeli-declared humanitarian zone known as Muwasi, where thousands of displaced people are sheltering.

Syria's transformation represents a profound strategic challenge for Israel—one that the Jewish state is now scrambling to address.

Donald Trump's return to the White House brings a new dimension to Middle East politics.

The West must be more pragmatic in its foreign policy in Syria.

The latest findings cast light on the history of a major civilization that is considered to be one of the world's first empires.

President-elect Donald Trump's son-in-law says his private equity firm secured investments ahead of the 2024 election to "avoid any conflict."

The leader of the rebel forces group that took back Damascus from Bashar al-Assad will now rule without fear of a $10 million bounty the U.S. had on him.

The battle—which occurred in 334 B.C.—is considered "one of the most pivotal moments" in world history, one archaeologist said.

The board game is one of the oldest in the world, but how it was played has long been shrouded in mystery.

Following the fall of Assad's regime, tensions across the Middle East have continued to remain high prompting concerns from countries in the area.

The Chinese navy is gradually extending its operational reach beyond East Asia, the Pentagon said in a report.