Anticipation is growing as Israel and Hamas appear to be at the closest point yet to sealing a deal to end 15 months of war ...

US officials confirmed that a ceasefire has been reached between Israel and Hamas that would pause the war in Gaza and release dozens of hostages ...

Israel and Hamas agreed to a deal to halt fighting in Gaza and exchange Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners, an official briefed on the deal told Reuters on Wednesday, opening ...

An Israeli air strike hit a military target belonging to Syria's new authorities for the first time on Wednesday, killing ...

In 1982 an uprising in the city of Hama by the Muslim Brotherhood, a Sunni Islamist group originating in Egypt, challenged ...

Israel has earned the right to defensible borders and non-threatening neighbors, having been forced over the years to defend itself in wars of survival with its predatory neighbors precisely because o ...

A Hamas official said the group has rejected an Israeli proposal for a Gaza ceasefire and that negotiations are continuing ...

The U.S. has called for a revitalized Palestinian Authority to govern both the West Bank and Gaza ahead of eventual statehood ...

The Palestinian prime minister says it's unacceptable for any entity other than the Palestinian Authority to run the Gaza ...

Amid the turmoil, Israel expanded its occupation of Syrian land in the south of the country, expelling hundreds of Syrians ...

The Palestinian prime minister says his authorities in the occupied West Bank are the only ones who should run the Gaza Strip ...