AMMAN, Nehal El-Sherif (dpa)– A Jordanian military court sentenced two people to 15 years in prison on Wednesday for planning to attack military targets, foreigners and churches in Amman. The two men...

ISTANBUL, Shabtai Gold (dpa) - Three of the main foreign combatants in war-torn Syria agreed Wednesday to speed up efforts to bring calm, protect civilians and improve humanitarian aid deliveries,...

WASHINGTON/PARIS, Gretel Johnston and Pól Ó Grádaigh (dpa)- The United States is committed to completely eliminating Islamic State in Syria, the White House said Wednesday, noting that the mission to...

TEL AVIV, Eliyahu Kamisher and Stefanie Jaerkel (dpa)- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said late Monday he was suspending a deal with the United Nations to resettle around 16,000 African...

AMMAN/BEIRUT, Nehal El-Sherif and Weedah Hamzah (dpa) - Members of the last powerful Syrian rebel faction to control areas near Damascus started leaving the territory of Eastern Ghouta on Monday,...

CAIRO, Amr Mostafa and Ramadan Al-Fatash (dpa)- Russia and a group of Syrian rebels reached a final deal on Sunday to evacuate the town of Douma, the last opposition pocket in Eastern Ghouta near the...

TEL AVIV (dpa)- A senior Israeli army official said Sunday that Israel will not return the bodies of two Palestinians killed on Friday unless two Israeli civilians believed to be held captive by...

GAZA, Shabtai Gold, Stefanie Jaerkel and Saud Abu Ramadan (dpa)- At least 15 Palestinians were killed and more than 1,400 injured on Friday following clashes with Israeli soldiers near the Gaza Strip...

BEIRUT, Weedah Hamzah (dpa) - Some 50 buses carrying 2,500 people, including rebel fighters, left late Friday from Eastern Ghouta, near the Syrian capital Damascus, towards north-western Syria, a war...