Moussa Abu Marzouk says 'impossible' to call Gaza war a victory for terror group, voices openness to discussing its disarmament; Hamas: Words taken out of context, don't represent us The post Senior Hamas official: I wouldn’t have backed Oct.

From Syria and Lebanon to Gaza and the West Bank, Israeli troops are establishing positions they are unlikely to abandon anytime soon.

Hamas has agreed to proceed with handing over four more dead ... which is led by Islamists who in December ousted former President Bashar al-Assad. The new government is working to consolidate power in part by forming a new military. Saleh al-Batati ...

Syria sees its worst wave of violence in years, with hundreds reported killed in escalating clashes. More than 340 civilians have been reported killed, the vast majority of them from the Alawite minority.

Arab leaders gathered in Cairo on Tuesday to discuss an alternative to US President Donald Trump's widely condemned plan to assume control of war-battered Gaza, with Hamas urging them to "thwart" efforts to displace Palestinians

The deadly strikes came as Hamas confirmed an agreement, under Egyptian mediation, to release Palestinian prisoners in exchange for the bodies of four Israeli hostages.

Nearly three months after Assad fled, much of Syria is suspended between relief at the dictatorship’s demise and anxiety over what comes next.