In a Damascus suburb, the head of Syria's tiny Jewish community visits the newly accessible Joba synagogue for the first time in 15 years.

Israeli strikes reported in southern Lebanon • IDF finds weapons, explosives in pharmacy in southern Lebanon • Sirens sound ...

Hadeel al-Shalchi is an editor with Weekend Edition. Prior to joining NPR, Al-Shalchi was a Middle East correspondent for the Associated Press and covered the Arab Spring from Tunisia, Bahrain, Egypt, ...

Gaza's Health Ministry says Israeli soldiers stormed and burned a hospital after forcibly removing staff and patients. The ...

Israel’s defense minister has confirmed that Israel assassinated Hamas’ top leader last summer and is threatening to take ...

Israel is getting ready to annex the occupied Palestinian West Bank. The annexation will be a major step backward on the road ...

In 1994, the line of succession changed in what seemed a promising way. Basil al-Assad, the “hero” and Hafez al-Assad’s ...

China’s leadership is not happy about the fall of Assad. But compared to Russia and Iran, Beijing had far less at stake.

Palestinians will certainly resist. The nature of the resistance will prove critical in the success or failure of the Israeli scheme.

Ukraine stepped up its efforts to join NATO after Russia invaded last year, arguing that the security assurances given by ...

Israel is getting ready to annex the occupied Palestinian West Bank. The annexation will be a major step backwards on the ...

By Haider Abbas Even before the euphoria of Hayat Tahrir Al Sham (HTS), the new acronym for ISIS-2, takeover of Syria, could ...