By Erin Banco and Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In the early days of 2013, an American man, dressed in ragged clothing, dodged between houses in the streets of Damascus’ upscale Mazzeh ...

A ceasefire in the Gaza Strip took effect on Sunday as Hamas released the first three female hostages it held for 15 months ...

After the fighting paused, Hamas began to free some of its hostages, releasing 3, and Israel said it had released 90 ...

Sunday’s delayed start to the truce was a minor problem compared with the difficult choices and American leverage needed to ...

After 470 days of death, a tentative cease-fire began on Sunday in Gaza. But Palestinians could not be sure that the war had ...

Gaza’s destruction: The cease-fire halted a 470-day conflict that has killed more than 46,000 Palestinians and injured more than 110,000 others, according to the Gaza health ministry, which does not ...

President-elect Donald J. Trump has made big promises on Ukraine, Iran, China and crises around the globe. But he will have ...

Joe Biden, on his final day as president, pardoned five activists and public servants. He offered a posthumous grant of ...

Rarely seen in the open while the war raged, masked and armed fighters spread out publicly through Gaza’s cities in a show of ...

Hezbollah, one of Lebanon's most powerful political players, has been significantly weakened by its conflict with Israel.

Hamas released three hostages after more than 15 months of captivity, while residents of the Gaza Strip celebrated a ...

It remains unclear whether the six-week truce will lead to a permanent cease-fire and the release of the remaining hostages ...