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Dec 08, 2024
Mr. al-Jolani, 42, spearheaded a lightning assault that led to the fall of President Bashar al-Assad.
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Dec 08, 2024
Thoughts of loved ones dead or missing complicate joyous relief at the prospect of an end to the rule of Bashar al-Assad.
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Dec 07, 2024
But aides to President Biden have made clear that the United States has no intention of intervening in support of either President Bashar al-Assad or the rebels.
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Dec 07, 2024
The collapse of a partnership built over four decades would reshape the balance of power in the Middle East.
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Dec 07, 2024
Advances by a coalition of opposition groups have abruptly changed the landscape of Syria's civil war after a long stalemate. Here's a closer look at where things stand.
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Dec 07, 2024
aHoms sits at a key crossroads in the country, controlling access to the Mediterranean to the west and Damascus to the south.
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Dec 07, 2024
The longtime Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad is facing threats from rebellions on multiple fronts and his key ally, Iran, is paring back support.
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Dec 07, 2024
In a region "already on fire," analysts say, rebels' advance toward Damascus is a barometer of the shifting power dynamics that also affect nations like Iran, Turkey, Russia and the United States.
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Dec 07, 2024
Advances by a coalition of opposition groups have abruptly changed the landscape of Syria's civil war after a long stalemate. Here's a closer look at where things stand.
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Dec 07, 2024
The longtime Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad is facing threats from rebellions on multiple fronts and his key ally, Iran, is paring back support.
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Dec 06, 2024
The withdrawals by one of President Bashar al-Assad's key backers come amid a resurgent rebel offensive.
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Dec 06, 2024
The United Nations chief inspector says production has quadrupled. But it is not clear whether Iran is trying to touch off a crisis or gather bargaining chips for negotiations with the United States.
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Dec 06, 2024
The United Nations chief inspector says production has quadrupled. But it is not clear whether Iran is trying to touch off a crisis or gather bargaining chips for negotiations with the United States.
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Dec 06, 2024
The rebels' gains prompted Lebanon and Jordan to close border crossings and Iran to begin withdrawing personnel from Syria.
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Dec 06, 2024
When equilibriums are disrupted, chaos can ensue.
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Dec 06, 2024
The rebels' gains prompted Lebanon and Jordan to close border crossings and Israel to reinforce its forces in the Golan Heights.
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Dec 06, 2024
In an interview, Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, the Islamist rebel heading an offensive moving toward Damascus, said the operation was a long time coming.
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Dec 06, 2024
Airstrikes, gunfire, panic and orders to evacuate in the dark of night combined to cause heavy casualties in the area of Kamal Adwan, one of the last hospitals still operating in northern Gaza.
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Dec 06, 2024
Government forces are trying to cut off the road that connects the major cities of Hama, which the insurgents have captured, and Homs, which lies on a crucial land corridor.
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Dec 05, 2024
He was the hangman chosen to carry out the sentence on the fugitive Nazi war criminal, in Israel's only case of capital punishment.
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Dec 05, 2024
Israel rejected the charge — the first of its kind by a major human rights organization — saying it was "based on lies."
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Dec 05, 2024
In another startling setback for President Bashar al-Assad, government forces retreated from the city of Hama after rebels advanced.
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Dec 05, 2024
Rebels launched sweeping assaults against the forces of President Bashar al-Assad in northwestern Syria, taking control of large portions of territory, including much of the city of Aleppo. Carlotta Gall, a senior correspondent for The New York Times, explains how events beyond Syria's borders lit the fuse for renewed fighting.
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Dec 05, 2024
The Israeli military said it was targeting senior Hamas militants in the area. Video from the scene showed the charred remains of tents.
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Dec 05, 2024
A family fled carrying a 9-year-old girl for hours on their backs. Sisters with visual impairments pleaded for help as Israeli airstrikes fell. "It's a nightmare," one wheelchair user said.
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Dec 04, 2024
The rebels have set their sights on the city of Hama, where President Bashar al-Assad's government has long maintained strength.
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Dec 04, 2024
The six hostages, whose bodies were found in Gaza over the summer, were probably shot in February by their captors as an Israeli strike hit close to the tunnel where they were held, the military said.
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Dec 04, 2024
Syrian opposition fighters have rapidly expanded the territory under their control in northwestern Syria.
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Dec 04, 2024
The activist, whose health has deteriorated, had bone surgery last month.
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Dec 04, 2024
Even as Israel bombarded Syria, officials say the U.S. and Gulf countries were working to weaken its president's alliance with Tehran. Rebels' shock advance has dampened those hopes.
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Dec 04, 2024
The rebels have set their sights on an area where President Bashar al-Assad's government has long maintained strength.
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Dec 03, 2024
Iran and Russia, both stretched by conflicts of their own, have experienced setbacks in Syria after a rebel offensive in the northwest of the country.
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Dec 03, 2024
The Israeli leader's comments came after President-elect Donald J. Trump threatened to take unspecified action unless the hostages held in Gaza are released by Jan. 20.
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Dec 03, 2024
President-elect Donald J. Trump has threatened to take unspecified action unless the hostages held in Gaza are released before he takes office in January.
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Dec 03, 2024
Years of war and a powerful earthquake had led to crushing poverty, displacement and breakdowns in services. But over the last several days, the region's misery deepened.
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Dec 03, 2024
Some violations of the truce, and some amount of violence, are to be expected, analysts say, and do not necessarily mean the deal will collapse and war will resume anytime soon.
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Dec 03, 2024
Some violations of the truce, and some amount of violence, are to be expected, analysts say, and do not necessarily mean the deal will collapse and war will resume anytime soon.
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Dec 03, 2024
World leaders failed to focus on a permanent solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and risk making the same mistake again, the departing United Nations' envoy in the region says.
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Dec 03, 2024
The group now advancing, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, says it wants to replace the Assad government with one inspired by Islamic principles.
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Dec 03, 2024
The group now advancing, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, says it wants to replace the Assad government with one inspired by Islamic principles.
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Dec 02, 2024
President-elect Donald J. Trump said in a social media post on Monday that the hostages must be released before his inauguration in January.
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Dec 02, 2024
In just a few days, a patchwork of rebel forces has seized control of a broad stretch of land in the west and northwest of Syria. But it's unclear just how much support Syria's weakened allies can provide.
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Dec 02, 2024
Both sides have accused each other of violating the deal; Hezbollah fired into Israel for the first time since the truce took effect, and Israel responded with airstrikes.
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Dec 02, 2024
Ruth Patir refused to display her video installation at the Israel pavilion until a cease-fire and hostage agreement was reached. "(M)otherland" will debut in Tel Aviv.
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Dec 02, 2024
The group now advancing, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, says it wants to replace the Assad government with one inspired by Islamic principles.
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Dec 02, 2024
The head of the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees blamed Israel for failing to ensure safe conditions for delivering relief supplies from the Kerem Shalom crossing.
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Dec 02, 2024
In just a few days, a patchwork of rebel forces has seized control of a broad stretch of land in the west and northwest of Syria.
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Dec 02, 2024
In just a few days, a patchwork of rebel forces has seized control of a broad stretch of land in the west and northwest of Syria.
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Dec 02, 2024
Omer Neutra, who had Israeli and U.S. dual citizenship, was doing military service in Israel when Hamas invaded. His parents have been high-profile campaigners for the hostages.
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Dec 02, 2024
In recent months, soldiers have demolished more than 600 buildings to create a buffer area and expanded a network of bases, a New York Times analysis of satellite imagery and video footage shows.
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Dec 01, 2024
Diminished support for the Syrian government from Iran, Hezbollah and Russia enabled opposition forces to take the initiative and seize new territory.
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Dec 01, 2024
Rebel groups have launched the largest offensive in years against government forces, capturing the city of Aleppo.
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Dec 01, 2024
The comments by Moshe Yaalon were swiftly denied and condemned by allies of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, who said that they would hurt the country and help its enemies.
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Dec 01, 2024
Forces opposed to President Bashar al-Assad have captured the Aleppo airport and are attacking the western city of Hama, according to local officials and a Britain-based war monitor.
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Dec 01, 2024
Hamas's weakened position could leave the territory without any governing institutions.
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Nov 30, 2024
The Israeli military said it killed the worker in a strike in Gaza on Saturday. "To the best of our knowledge, no WCK team members are affiliated with Hamas," a spokeswoman for the aid group said.
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Nov 30, 2024
The rapid advance on Aleppo came just four days into a surprise opposition offensive that is the most intense escalation in years in the civil war.
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Nov 30, 2024
As the truce appeared to largely hold, a deal appeared far away in Gaza, where an Israeli strike killed dozens, according to a rescue group.
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Nov 30, 2024
The rapid advance on Aleppo came just four days into a surprise rebel offensive that is the most intense escalation in years in the country's civil war.
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Nov 30, 2024
Israel was pressing forward with an operation in Gaza to combat what it described as a Hamas resurgence. In Lebanon, an uneasy cease-fire appeared to be largely holding.
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Nov 30, 2024
The rapid advance on Aleppo came just four days into a surprise rebel offensive that is the most intense escalation in years in a civil war that was mostly dormant.
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Nov 30, 2024
Rebel groups have launched the largest offensive in years against government forces in the northwest.
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Nov 30, 2024
The Lebanese Army is tasked with ensuring that Hezbollah abides by the cease-fire. It has failed at that task before.
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Nov 29, 2024
A new assault on Syrian regime forces reached the major city, according to rebels and a war monitor. Government warplanes struck back at rebel territory.
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Nov 29, 2024
The cease-fire appeared to largely be holding, but it was unclear when hundreds of thousands of Lebanese and tens of thousands of Israelis could return to their homes near the border.
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Nov 29, 2024
A war monitor and the rebels said the opposition fighters breached three neighborhoods in Aleppo. The government launched intense airstrikes on rebel territory.
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Nov 29, 2024
An unpublished report into the soccer governing body's responsibility for migrant workers recommends that it should compensate those harmed.
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Nov 29, 2024
The cease-fire agreement between Israel and Hezbollah that took effect this week does not say when people will be able to return to towns and villages in Lebanon's far south.
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Nov 28, 2024
Tens of thousands of people who had fled the city of Baalbek returned to bombed-out restaurants, flattened apartment buildings and many of the dead still buried under the rubble.
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Nov 28, 2024
Israel said it had targeted militants headed to a rocket facility, but neither Israel nor Hezbollah seemed keen to immediately return to full-scale fighting.
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Nov 28, 2024
Rebel groups have launched the largest offensive in years against government forces in the northwest.
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Nov 28, 2024
The deal appeared to be largely holding, and the impact of the strike was not immediately clear. Hezbollah did not immediately comment.
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Nov 28, 2024
Israel's military said it had fired on people arriving in parts of southern Lebanon because they were violating a cease-fire agreement with the militant group Hezbollah.
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Nov 28, 2024
The military said it had fired on people arriving in parts of southern Lebanon because they were violating Israel's cease-fire agreement with Hezbollah, which appeared to be holding.
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Nov 28, 2024
As Iran faces domestic and foreign challenges, its bellicose rhetoric on the United States and Israel has given way to signs that it wants less confrontation.
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Nov 28, 2024
Egyptians may have used hallucinogenic substances as part of a fertility rite, researchers said.
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Nov 28, 2024
Israel's offensive against Hezbollah and the cease-fire to stop the fighting in Lebanon have left Hamas increasingly isolated.
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Nov 27, 2024
Scores of people were killed after forces opposed to the government of President Bashar al-Assad overtook a Syrian military base, a monitoring group reported.
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Nov 27, 2024
The cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah began on Wednesday, but much hardship and uncertainty lie ahead after a yearlong war that killed thousands and left widespread destruction in Lebanon.
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Nov 27, 2024
The truce began Wednesday, bringing a fragile peace to Israel and Lebanon. Israeli troops are to withdraw in phases from southern Lebanon, and Lebanese military convoys headed south to protect the peace.
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Nov 27, 2024
The truce began Wednesday, bringing a fragile peace to Israel and Lebanon. Israeli troops are to withdraw in phases from southern Lebanon, and Lebanese military convoys headed south to protect the peace.
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Nov 27, 2024
The cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah began on Wednesday, but much hardship and uncertainty lie ahead after a yearlong war that killed thousands and left widespread destruction in Lebanon.
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Nov 27, 2024
While there were limited signs of life in the area, most residents were hesitant to head back without greater certainty that the cease-fire with Hezbollah would hold.
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Nov 27, 2024
An outspoken French-Algerian novelist returned to his homeland and was promptly taken into custody at age 75.
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Nov 27, 2024
While Israel and Hezbollah were finalizing a cease-fire to halt the fighting in Lebanon, Israeli strikes killed 33 people in Gaza, according to local health authorities.
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Nov 27, 2024
A cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah allowed those displaced by the war to return to their homes. Many found buildings cleaved in half, crushed cars and ruined towns.
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Nov 27, 2024
Thirteen months of war left Hezbollah weakened, isolated and desperate for a way to stop the fighting.
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Nov 27, 2024
While Israel and Hezbollah were finalizing a cease-fire to halt the fighting in Lebanon, Israeli strikes killed 33 people in Gaza, according to local health authorities.
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Nov 27, 2024
Some of the tens of thousands of Israelis displaced by the war with Hezbollah worried whether it was safe to go home.
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Nov 27, 2024
Thirteen months of war left Hezbollah weakened, isolated and desperate for a way to stop the fighting.
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Nov 27, 2024
The foreign ministry did not say outright that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel would be free to travel to France, but it argued that an I.C.C. rule on immunity may apply to him.
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Nov 27, 2024
Under the agreement, Israel will gradually withdraw its forces from Lebanon over the next 60 days, and Hezbollah will not entrench itself near the Israeli border.
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Nov 27, 2024
With a truce between Israel and Hezbollah taking hold, Gazans are losing hope that Israel's war in the enclave will end anytime soon.
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Nov 27, 2024
Hamas is unlikely to compromise in Gaza, despite the decision by its ally, Hezbollah, to stop fighting. A deal in Gaza would also be harder for Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister.
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Nov 27, 2024
The drama chronicles the 1972 Munich Olympics attack from ABC Sports' point of view, a perspective that resonates today. But the film arrives at a fraught time.
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Nov 26, 2024
President Biden said the 60-day truce, which the United States helped broker, would take effect early Wednesday, and was intended to become permanent, ending Lebanon's deadliest war in decades.
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Nov 26, 2024
The deal should end more than a year of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah, and President Biden said he hoped it would also facilitate an end to the hostilities in Gaza.
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Nov 26, 2024
The attack struck in the heart of the Lebanese capital after a series of evacuation warnings — the first for the city center during the war.
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Nov 26, 2024
A handful of oil-producing nations ensured that a United Nations General Assembly resolution on climate change steered clear of a call to transition away from fossil fuels.
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Nov 26, 2024
After the Israeli government delayed a formal investigation into the Hamas attacks, an alliance of survivors and victims' families set up their own inquiry. Their scathing findings were released on Tuesday.
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