Hamas remained in power through four previous wars with Israel. With help from Iran it steadily enhanced its capabilities, extended the range of its rockets and built deeper and longer tunnels to hide ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should be flying high. Israel’s enemies across the region have been badly weakened during 15 months of war.

An Israeli tank killed two Palestinians west of Gaza's Rafah on Thursday, the Gaza civil defence said. Israel and Hamas agreed to halt fighting in Gaza in a deal that went into effect on Sunday.

Turkey's national flag carrier resumed flights to the Syrian capital Damascus on Thursday after a break of nearly 13 years, ...