The leaders of Israel and Syria have agreed to a ceasefire days after major Israeli strikes​, a U.S. envoy said Friday, as he urged all sides in war-torn Syria to lay down arms.

Renewed clashes broke out overnight between Druze armed groups and members of Bedouin clans in southern Syria, and government forces were preparing to deploy again to the area Friday after pulling ou...

Israel has vowed to shield the area's Druze community from attack, encouraged by calls from Israel's own Druze minority.

Leaders from the Catholic and Greek Orthodox Church visited Gaza’s only Catholic church on Friday, where a day earlier three people were killed in an Israeli strike. The visit is highly unusual given Israel’s tight control over access in and out of the territory.

An Israeli strike hit the only Catholic church in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, killing three people, injuring 10 others and causing extensive damage to the religious complex, according to the Latin Pa...

The Patriarchate condemned “this targeting of innocent civilians and of a sacred place,” saying two women and one man were killed in the attack on the Holy Family Church.