By AFPA fact-finding committee formed by Syria's new authorities to investigate a wave of deadly violence said on Tuesday the country was determined to "prevent unlawful revenge".A wave of violence broke out last Thursday, mainly in the Mediterranean...

By AFPFor Gazan teacher Abdullah Mortaja, Israel's decision to cut off electricity to the war-battered territory was "a joke", having already lived with little power supply since war began more than 16 months ago.The announcement Sunday by Israeli En...

By AFPMembers of Syria's small Christian community on the coast are living in fear after attacks killed more than 1,000 mostly Alawite civilians, with Christians reportedly caught up in the violence."The current conflict in Syria does not concern me,...

By AFP/Laure AL KHOURYFor two days, Rihab Kamel and her family hid terrified in their bathroom in the city of Baniyas as armed men stormed the neighbourhood, pursuing members of Syria's Alawite minority.The coastal city is part of Syria's Alawite hea...

By AFP/Youssef HASSOUNAIn their home in war-devastated Gaza City, Iman Farhat and her husband cherish the "paradise" brought by their newly-adopted baby, one of many orphans in the Palestinian territory after more than 15 months of fighting between I...

By AFPSyria's leader Ahmed al-Sharaa on Friday urged insurgents from ousted president Bashar al-Assad's Alawite minority to lay down their arms and surrender after the fiercest attacks on the war-torn country's new rulers yet.The warning came as Syri...

By AFP/Rouba EL HUSSEINIFrom a Bond villain lair in the rugged heights overlooking Damascus, the all-seeing eye of a notorious Syrian military unit gazed down on a city it bled dry.Many of the bases of the elite Fourth Division formerly run by topple...

By AFP with Adel Zaanoun and Shaun TandonThe armed wing of Hamas said on Thursday it remained committed to its fragile ceasefire with Israel, after Donald Trump told the people of Gaza they would be "DEAD" if hostages held there are not freed.The fir...

By AFP/Chloe Rouveyrolles-BazireA major Israeli offensive which over several weeks has displaced tens of thousands of Palestinians and ravaged refugee camps increasingly appears to be aligned with the "vision of annexation" of the West Bank, a UN off...

By AFP/Shaun TANDONUS President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened further destruction and extermination of Gaza if all remaining hostages are not released, and issued an ultimatum to Hamas leaders to flee.Strongly backing Israel as a ceasefire tee...

By AFPIn the safety of Sudan's eastern coast, residents preparing for Ramadan were struggling to afford basic holiday staples as the war raging elsewhere in the country has sent prices soaring.The situation was much more dire in areas hit directly by...

By AFP/Menna FaroukArab leaders endorsed on Tuesday a plan to rebuild the Gaza Strip under the future administration of the Palestinian Authority, presenting an alternative to US President Donald Trump's widely condemned proposal to take over the ter...