Israel is holding the bodies of two Palestinians killed by its snipers near the border with the besieged Gaza Strip, an Israeli official confirmed on Sunday. 　　Yoav Mordechai said Israel will not return the bodies of the two Palestinians until the remains of two Israeli soldiers killed during Israel's war... More

　　Families who have left Damascus neighborhood for Idlib tell of taking their most precious possessions with them. 　　Abu Jawad was among thousands of Syrians who left their homes and underground shelters in the shrinking opposition enclave of Eastern Ghouta to one of the last remaining opposition-held areas in northwest Syria.... More

　　About 130,000 people fled a Damascus suburb during a weeks-long Syrian regime offensive, the United Nations said Monday. 　　Spokesman Stephane Dujarric said the UN and its partners are working to alleviate the humanitarian crisis brought on by the offensive on Eastern Ghouta, but said "needs remain immense". 　　"The UN continues... More

　　By Andrew Mitrovica 　　Israel has turned Gaza into Soweto - while Israel has become South Africa - circa 1976. 　　One of the conventions of column writing is that you're not supposed to write "angry". More polite, agreeable writers who write polite, agreeable columns, often dismiss "angry" columns as "rants". 　　So,... More

　　More than 500,000 people have died and millions more have fled their homes since an uprising against Assad began. 　　The leaders of the US, France, and UK have all but made clear that the air strikes launched on Saturday against Syrian regime positions were limited to destroying the country's chemical... More

　　For Amjad Ali, a Muslim nomad, this year's migratory journey from Jammu towards the mountains of Kashmir is going to be longer than usual. 　　Each year, the 40-year-old and other members of his Bakarwal community typically leave their houses in Rasana and adjoining villages in Indian-administered Kashmir in mid-May. 　　Their... More

　　People 'sleeping in the streets and begging for medicine' as Assad regime steps up offensive in southern Damascus. 　　An estimated 3,500 Palestinians have fled the embattled Yarmouk refugee camp during a week of violence, according to the UN, as the Syrian regime escalates its ongoing military operation in southern Damascus.... More

　　For seven decades the UN has failed to fulfill its original mission. Israel is the epitome of this grand failure. 　　by Stanley L Cohen 　　The United Nations sits on First Avenue, just off of 41st Street, overlooking the East River in New York City. It opened to great applause and... More

　　When he was hit by a bullet fired by Israeli forces during demonstrations in Gaza on April 6, Mohammed al-Zaieem lost so much blood, and his left leg was so deformed, he feared he wouldn't survive. 　　His arteries, veins and a large piece of bone were destroyed. His right leg... More

　　Tens of thousands of Jewish settlers, surrounded by police protection, have marched around the Old City, celebrating Jerusalem Day on the eve of the US embassy move from Tel Aviv. 　　The annual event, which commemorates the Israeli annexation of occupied East Jerusalem in 1967, is regarded by the city's Palestinian... More

　　The attacks on Palestinian protesters by Israeli forces on Monday are “willful killings constituting war crimes,” the Amnesty International said. 　　“This is another horrific example of the Israeli military using excessive force and live ammunition in a totally deplorable way. This is a violation of international standards, in some instances... More

　　One year ago, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi stood in front of cameras in Mosul and declared the city recaptured after three years of being occupied by ISIL, also known as ISIS. 　　Clad in a black uniform and flanked by army commanders and heads of security forces that were involved... More

　　It has been 45 years since the start of the 1973 War between Israel, Egypt and Syria. 　　The war, known to Israelis as the Yom Kippur War, and to Arabs as the October War, ushered in a new reality in the Arab world and changed the face of US foreign... More