House approves $26 billion package aiding Israel and providing humanitarian relief to people in Gaza

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WASHINGTON (AP) — House approves $26 billion package aiding Israel and providing humanitarian relief to people in Gaza.

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  • Syria hit by US and Israeli airstrikes as war bloggers fret about 'threat' to Russian bases

    Syria's new rebel leaders are facing the daunting task of healing a divided nation - and the toppling of the Assad regime has not put an end to fighting in the country.

  • Watching with trepidation and glee, Netanyahu orders military to seize Syria buffer zone

    Israeli leaders are watching events across the border in Syria with trepidation, as 50 years of detente were upended in a matter of hours.

  • Israel seizes Golan buffer zone after Syrian troops leave positions

    PM Netanyahu said the 1974 disengagement agreement had "collapsed" with the rebel takeover of Syria.

  • Syrian government falls in stunning end to 50-year rule of Assad family

    BEIRUT (AP) — The Syrian government fell early Sunday in a stunning end to the 50-year rule of the Assad family after a sudden rebel offensive sprinted across government-held territory and entered the capital in 10 days.

  • Israeli strike targets air defence installation near Syria's Mediterranean Latakia port

    An Israeli strike targeted an air defence installation near Syria's Mediterranean Latakia port, Syrian security sources said on Monday. Israel conducted three airstrikes in the Syrian capital a day earlier, against a security complex and a government research centre which it has said in the past was used by Iran to develop missiles, two regional security sources told Reuters on Sunday.

  • What did life look like in Syria under Bashar al-Assad's regime?

    Syrian rebels declared they had ousted President Bashar al-Assad after seizing control of Damascus on Sunday, forcing him to flee and ending his family's decades of autocratic rule after more than 13 years of civil war. What did life look like under Assad's regime? FRANCE 24's Erin Ogunkeye asked Radwan Ziadeh, executive director at the Syrian Center for Political and Strategic Studies.

  • Israel 'more optimistic' on prospects of Gaza hostage deal

    Israel is now more optimistic about a possible hostage deal in Gaza, Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said on Monday, amid reports that Hamas had asked for lists of all hostages still held by militant groups in the Palestinian enclave. He said indirect negotiations were under way about the return of about 100 hostages and that, while it was still too early to be sure, prospects had improved.

  • As Israel advances on a Syrian buffer zone, it sees peril and opportunity

    TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The dramatic downfall of Syrian President Bashar Assad presents possible danger, and an opening, for neighboring Israel.

  • What’s happening in Syria? The key developments amid warnings of Isis threat

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  • Rebels take Syrian city from U.S.-backed group after U.S.-Turkey deal, source says

    ANKARA (Reuters) -The United States and Turkey reached an agreement to ensure the safe withdrawal of U.S.-backed Kurdish Syrian forces (SDF) from the northern city of Manbij after an advance by Turkey-backed rebels, a Syrian opposition source said on Monday. The Turkey-backed Syrian opposition groups had earlier taken control of Manbij from the SDF, a Turkish security source said, a day after rebels in the southern capital of Damascus declared Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's ouster.

  • Analysis: Collapse of Syria's Assad is a blow to Iran's 'Axis of Resistance'

    MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) — For Iran’s theocratic government, it keeps getting worse.

  • Ukraine produces leaflets, videos to encourage North Korean soldiers to desert

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  • Netanyahu to take the stand in his corruption trial for the first time

    Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel is set to take the stand on Tuesday for the first time in his long-running corruption trial under a court order that is likely to force him to juggle between the courtroom and war room for weeks. Israel has been waging war against the Palestinian militant group Hamas in Gaza for more than a year, during which Netanyahu had been granted a delay for the start of his court appearances. Charged with bribery, fraud and breach of trust, Netanyahu will testify three times a week, the court said, despite the Gaza war and possible new threats posed by wider turmoil in the Middle East, including in neighbouring Syria.

  • Here's how the US is countering the Islamic State group during Syria's upheaval

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Massive U.S. airstrikes on Islamic State militants in Syria were meant in part as a message to the group and a move to ensure that it doesn't try to take advantage of the chaos following the overthrow of President Bashar Assad's government.

  • Four Israeli soldiers killed in accidental explosion in Lebanon - Army Radio

    Four Israeli soldiers who were killed in southern Lebanon were likely killed in an accidental detonation of explosives as they demolished a Hezbollah tunnel laden with weapons, Israel's Army Radio reported on Monday. The Israeli military said that four soldiers fell in combat, without providing further details. Army Radio said that the incident happened on Sunday and that an initial review found that the detonation set off secondary explosions, leading to the collapse of the tunnel while the soldiers were in it.

  • Israel says it has struck suspected chemical weapons sites and long-range rockets in Syria

    JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's foreign minister says it has struck suspected chemical weapons sites and long-range rockets in Syria in order to prevent them from falling into the hands of hostile actors.

  • Syrian rebels enter northern city of Manbij, Turkish source says

    ANKARA (Reuters) -Turkey-backed Syrian rebels entered the northern Syrian city of Manbij after taking control of most of the surrounding area from U.S.-allied Kurdish forces there, a Turkish security source said on Sunday. Syrian rebels in the south declared President Bashar al-Assad's ouster on Sunday after seizing control of Damascus. The Turkey-backed rebels in the north are aligned with the rebels in the south, sharing the same goal of defeating Assad.

  • Ousted Syrian leader Assad flees to Moscow after rebels capture Damascus

    Syria's Bashar al-Assad fled to Moscow as Islamist-led rebels captured Damascus Sunday, ending five decades of Baath party rule. Celebrations erupted nationwide. Assad's luxurious home was overrun as the government collapsed 11 days into a surprise rebel offensive, over 13 years after Syria's civil war began.

  • Assad has left Damascus, says Russia, as Syrian army declares end of his rule

    The Syrian government has fallen after a lightning offensive by anti-regime forces across the country - ending President Bashar al Assad's 24-year rule. Mr Assad has left office and the country after giving orders for there to be a peaceful transfer of power, the Russian foreign ministry said in a statement on Sunday. Russia was not involved in the talks surrounding his departure, the ministry said, but has been in touch with opposition groups - and urged all sides to refrain from violence.