DAMASCUS/JERUSALEM, July 16 (Reuters) - Israel launched powerful airstrikes in Damascus on Wednesday, blowing up part of the defence ministry and hitting near the presidential palace as it vowed to ...

Israel threatened to escalate attacks on Syrian government forces unless they withdrew from Sweida, a southern province ...

Twelve people, including five Hezbollah fighters, were killed and eight others wounded Tuesday in Israeli strikes on the Bekaa Valley in eastern Lebanon, security sources and the official news agency ...

Israel's ongoing military strikes in Lebanon send a "clear message" to Hezbollah, Defence Minister Israel Katz said on ...

The strikes in Syria were a rare attack on forces of the new government, which is led by Islamist former rebels who toppled ...

Lebanese officials have received a response to their proposal to US special envoy Thomas Barrack over the disarmament of ...