Aaron Boxerman

The mood in Damascus appeared largely celebratory, reflecting the relief among many Syrians at the fall of the Assad dynasty after a half-century of rule.

JERUSALEM — Hazem Isleem, a Palestinian truck driver, was passing through the ruins of the southern Gaza Strip last month with a truckload of aid when armed looters ambushed his convoy.

JERUSALEM — Ramez Souri, a Christian in the Gaza Strip, says he has little to celebrate this Christmas. Fourteen months into the war, he still sleeps on the grounds of St.

The Palestinian Authority announced on Wednesday that it would temporarily bar Al Jazeera from operating in its areas, accusing the Qatari-funded broadcaster of “inciting sedition” and “interfering in internal Palestinian affairs.” The move comes several months after the news outlet was banned by Israel on national security grounds.

Syria's main international airport in Damascus, the capital, will reopen next week, the new government said Saturday, as it tries to re-establish a sense of normalcy after the uprising that toppled President Bashar Assad.

DISPLACED Gaza Strip residents largely entered the new year on Wednesday shivering in tent camps or taking refuge in schools-turned-shelters as Israel's war with Hamas neared its 16th month.

JERUSALEM — Israeli warplanes bombed ports and a power plant in Yemeni territory controlled by the Houthis on Friday, the Israeli military said, in

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s order for Israeli troops to “take over” a buffer zone with Syria upended decades of relative calm along the de facto border between the two countries.

In his first official visit to Syria to meet with the new government there, the Lebanese prime minister on Saturday called for a way for the two countries to enable masses of Syrian refugees in Lebanon to head home.

Binyamin Netanyahu’s order for Israeli troops to ‘take over’ a buffer zone with Syria upended decades of relative calm along the de-facto border between the two countries