TISHRIN DAM, Syria (AP) — A key dam in northern Syria has become a flash point in the conflict between Kurdish forces and Turkish-backed armed groups, which has intensified in the weeks since ...

The 'Greater Israel' map includes significant portions of modern-day Jordan, Lebanon and Syria, sparking widespread ...

The Israel Defense Forces continues its intense airstrike and ground campaigns in Gaza with ceasefire talks ending with ...

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

Palestinians and family members of hostages who were killed in captivity have been imploring the Israeli government and world ...

Gaza’s Health Ministry says more than 46,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Israel-Hamas war, with no end in sight to ...

The Middle East is undergoing a profound transformation as new rivalries reshape its geopolitical order. For decades, the defining conflict in the region was a “cold war” between Iran and the ...

Middle Eastcategory Israeli hostage families ... ceasefire 'closer than ever', Hamas says it is still awaiting Israeli maps 7:11 PM UTC Middle Eastcategory Erdogan ally urges jailed militant ...

As part of its provocative and extreme policies towards Middle Eastern countries, Israel published a so-called “historical” ...

It was a last-minute push by Saudi Arabia that decided Lebanon’s fate on Thursday. There were less than 24 hours before parliament was set to choose the next president. But Lebanon’s checkered ...

JERUSALEM/CAIRO, Jan 11 (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday amid a push to secure a ceasefire ...

The conflict between Israel and Palestinians — and other groups in the Middle East — goes back decades. These stories provide context for current developments and the history that led up to them.