War & Conflict

Syria’s ousted president Bashar al-Assad and his family are in Moscow, Russian news agencies announced Sunday evening citing a Kremlin source, hours after he fled the country as Islamist-led rebels entered Damascus. The announcement comes as...

Following the capital’s capture by Syrian rebel forces and the declaration of the end of President Bashar al-Assad’s authority, Iraqi embassy personnel departed Damascus on Sunday for nearby Lebanon, a diplomatic source told AFP. Speaking on...

The director of north Gaza’s Kamal Adwan hospital and the territory’s civil defence agency said Israel conducted several strikes on Friday that hit the facility, one of the last functioning health centres in the area. “There...

Following a series of devastating defeats, Syrian government forces started a counteroffensive against Islamist-led rebels on Wednesday in the vicinity of the strategic city of Hama, according to a war monitor. Because of its advantageous location...

Iraq’s powerful Iran-aligned Kataeb Hezbollah armed group has called on Baghdad to send troops to Syria to support the Damascus government against a rebel offensive. Kataeb Hezbollah, or Hezbollah Brigades, made the appeal in a statement...

In view of the suffering of millions of people who have been displaced by conflict, the UN humanitarian head has appealed for swift international action to solve Sudan’s worsening situation. During a nine-day trip to Sudan...

Following a lightning advance by rebels, Iran’s top diplomat, Abbas Araghchi, announced on Sunday that he will depart Tehran for Damascus to convey a message of support for Syria’s government and military, according to state media....

Hamas representatives will go to Cairo on Saturday for talks on a possible ceasefire in Gaza, an official in the Palestinian militant group told AFP on Friday. “A Hamas delegation will go to Cairo tomorrow for...

A video of a man claiming to be an Israeli hostage being held in Gaza was made public by Hamas’ military wing. In the meantime, the IDF says that a humanitarian worker from World Central Kitchen...

In a recent fight that claimed 124 lives, warring Sunnis and Shiites in northwest Pakistan disregarded repeated ceasefire orders, killing 13 more people, according to a local government official on Saturday. Although Pakistan is a Sunni-majority...