Abdo Ali Al Kouma was the backbone of his family in the small Syrian farming village of Ghadir Al Bustan, a cluster of low-slung houses surrounded by dry stone walls, fruit trees and flowers. All that ...

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

Palestinians across Gaza began making their way home, and the first trucks with a surge of humanitarian aid began to enter ...