These maps help ... cities of Damascus and Aleppo, and in three northern areas near the Turkish border - Afrin in the west, Kobane (Ain al-Arab) in the centre, and Qamishli in the east.

Tensions between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah have reached new heights in the wake of a deadly rocket ...

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"The most important event in the first week of July was the targeting of a Hezbollah top commander on 3 July," ACLED Middle East regional ... all sides involved." A map provided by ACLED shows ...

Russia has enjoyed watching the deteriorating situation in the Middle East preoccupy its main adversary, the United States. On April 13, however, Moscow grew concerned when, in retaliation for an ...

A Syrian soldier was killed and three others were injured in an Israeli airstrike in the capital Damascus early Sunday, according to state media. The state news agency SANA, citing a military ...

July 14 (Reuters) - One Syrian soldier was killed and three others were injured in Israeli air strikes against military sites and a residential building in Damascus early on Sunday, the Syrian ...

Turkey's intelligence chief has held multiple meetings with his Syrian counterpart in Damascus over the past ... redeploy troops from the Middle East. Turkey has recently stepped up its attacks ...

Damascus (AFP) – A Syrian soldier was killed Sunday and three others wounded in Israeli strikes on several positions in and around Damascus, Syrian state media said. The Israeli military ...

The assassination of Ismail Haniyeh is a "massive escalation" and raises questions over ceasefire talks in the Middle East, our international correspondent John Sparks says. Mr Haniyeh was the top ...