For weeks, Israel has engaged in back-channel talks over a diplomatic agreement with the Syrian government. Its strikes on Damascus this week highlight a lack of strategic clarity.

Syrian government forces have started withdrawing from the southern province of Sweida following days of vicious clashes with ...

Syrian officials and Druze leaders have announced a new ceasefire after days of violent clashes, but Israel has continued its ...

Some Syrian military units are withdrawing from the southern city of Suwayda after days of deadly fighting. Secretary of ...

Earlier Israeli strikes hit the Syrian defence ministry, as well as government forces in the southern part of the country.

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The latest violence came with apparent deadlock after a week of indirect talks in Qatar between Israel and the Palestinian ...

In 1978, Israel invaded Lebanon to push Palestinian fighters away from its northern borders and put an end to rockets launched from south Lebanon. This fighting included the massacre of many civilians ...

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu presented Trump with Nobel Peace Prize nomination letter during White House meeting focused ...

I’d like to believe that Iran would not test our fortitude, because it would be a mistake,” the Israeli prime minister said ...

Benjamin Netanyahu revealed he nominated Donald Trump for a Nobel Peace Prize as he joined the US president at the White ...

With the fighting in Iran over, the president is considering a new nuclear agreement with Tehran. He is also urging a new ...