The Syrian presidency says it will deploy a new force to halt the deadly sectarian clashes between Bedouin and Druze fighters in the south of the country.Syrian interim President...

Pope Leo XIV has renewed his call for a Gaza ceasefire after three people sheltering in the Catholic church in Gaza City were killed in an Israeli strike.A telegram...

Tess Mallinder HeronBBC MonitoringGetty ImagesA fresh wave of deadly sectarian violence has rocked Syria, putting into focus the country's fragile security landscape as the new government attempts to impose...

ReutersSyria's defence minister announced a ceasefire as government forces entered Suweida city on TuesdayIsrael says it has bombed Syrian government forces around Suweida, as they entered the predominantly Druze...

ReutersTen people were killed as they gathered near a water distribution point in Nuseirat refugee campMahmoud Abdul Rahman Ahmed says his son, Abdullah, was "searching for a sip of...

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian was reportedly slightly injured during one of Israel's attacks on Iran last month.Iran's state Fars news agency, close to the revolutionary guard, says that on...

The Nasser hospital in southern Gaza has said 24 people have been killed near an aid distribution site. Palestinians who were present at the site said Israeli troops opened...

BBCTwo of Iman al-Nouri's five sons were killed on Thursday's Israeli strike, while a third was seriously woundedIman al-Nouri's youngest son, two-year-old Siraj, woke up crying from hunger on...

Merlyn Thomas explains what verified videos tell us about an air strike in Deir al-Balah that killed at least 15 peopleAt least 15 Palestinians, including eight children and two...

Rushdi AbualoufGaza correspondentWatch: Hegseth greets Netanyahu at the PentagonNegotiations between Israel and Hamas in Qatar on a new Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal have stalled after three days...

Two crew members of a Liberian-flagged cargo ship have been killed in an attack in the Red Sea off the coast of Yemen, Liberia says.A Liberian representative to the...

The US is set to take the Syrian Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) off its list of foreign terrorist organisations on Tuesday, according to a state department memo....