GAZA - The military wing of the Palestinian Hamas resistance movement says it successfully "overcame" Israel's so-called Iron Dome missile system...
 

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By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Ari Rabinovitch GAZA/JERUSALEM - A surge in deadly violence in the Gaza Strip and southern Israel petered out overnight...
 

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Grave concern over escalating humanitarian crisis in northwest Syria: UN

An Interview with New Palestinian Authority Prime Minister

Russia and Syrian army step up attacks on rebel held northwestern Syria

As Trump team prepares Mideast plan, Palestinians face financial crisis

China's growing interest in Middle East sets off US alarm bells

Syria's air defenses intercept missiles near city of Hama

WEF on MENA to Focus on building new platforms of cooperation

Researchers - hundreds of fake Twitter accounts boost Netanyahu

Israeli fire kills Palestinian on Gaza border

Turkey will solve Syria issue 'on the field' after elections, Erdogan

Gaza civilians’ devastating injuries highlight urgent need for arms embargo on Israel

Gulf states reject US recognition of Golan Heights as Israeli

Israel jails hundreds of Palestinian boys a Year

Israel launches Gaza strikes after rockets fired at Tel Aviv

Syria slams US senator's bid to recognise Golans as part of Israel

Syrians still living on 'razor edge' as UN launches $8.8bn appeal

IS loses ground in final Syria enclave, hundreds surrender

62,000 uprooted in IS battle crowd Syria displacement camp: UN

Israeli election monitor blocks Arab party, clears far-rightists

US deploys THAAD to Israel for 1st time

Israel pushing for Africa foothold with military training: Report

No justification for Israel to shoot protesters with live ammunition

Lebanon's Hezbollah slams UK move, says it shows US 'obedience'

Some 40,000 civilians have left last IS bastion - SDF official

US-planned Syria safe zone must be under Turkey's control, Erdogan

MENA sovereign borrowing to surge 25% in 2019

IS fighters refuse to leave last Syrian stronghold

Biggest UN aid delivery in Syria provides relief to desperate civilians

IS making last stand behind women, children

Netanyahu channeling Trump in Israel’s election campaign

USAID assistance in West Bank and Gaza ceased: US official

Israel deploys 'Iron Dome' after Syria warns of retaliatory strike on Ben Gurion airport

Turkey's Erdogan Lays Out Plans for Syria Security Zone

Israel confirms air strikes against Iranian forces in Syria

Erdogan, Trump agree to speed up talks on security zone in Syria

Russia, Kurdish militants reject US 'security zone' under Turkish control

US soldiers killed in IS-claimed Syria blast

Israel evicts Palestinian family to replace them with settlers

Erdogan: Turkey to set up 'security zone' in Syria

Thousands risk lives fleeing fighting in Syria's last ISIL stronghold

No abrupt pullout of troops from Syria, Bolton

Despite US sanctions, Iran found new 'potential' oil buyers

US says no timeline for Syria withdrawal

Assad allows Iraqi jets to hit Daesh militant in Syria

Israel building new super-stealth wings for its F-35Is

Syrian army enters Manbij after Kurdish calls to deter Turkey

Iranian target near Damascus 'completely destroyed by Israeli strike'

Trump says Saudi Arabia to help rebuild Syria

Macron vows to keep French forces in Levant region amid US withdrawal

Trump, Erdogan agree to coordinate US pullout from Syria

Funding shortage forces WFP to reduce food aid in Palestine

Haley urges Palestinians to accept a peace deal with Israel

Iran's missile program not in violation of UNSC Resolution 2231, Zarif

Saudi dissident: Israeli spyware firm hacked my phone before Khashoggi killing

Israel’s attack against Hezbollah stunt to distract from Bibi’s bribes

Syria says downs 'hostile targets' in suspected Israeli attack

Israel Grows Stealth Arsenal With More F-35 Fighter Jets

Palestinian body calls for suspension of Israel recognition

Lebanese Forces Party to join government despite unfair share

Jordan to abandon part of 1994 peace treaty with Israel on land lease

Lebanon: Failure to implement anti-torture law one year on

Gaza: Fears of further bloodshed as Israel adopts ‘zero tolerance’ policy

Demolition of Palestinian village could be 'war crime' – ICC

Israel hiding behind US in Syria, unlikely to face russia directly – Politician

Independence of agency 'paramount', stresses UN nuclear chief in response to Israel's claim of secret Iran site

Russia completes deliveries of S-300 air defense systems to Syria - Shoigu

Israel/OPT: Demolition of Palestinian village is cruel blow and war crime

Five Palestinian protesters killed by Israeli fire in Gaza clashes

Jordan to host 10th World Economic Forum on MENA

A record one million Syrians displaced over six months: UN

Prospects for a Deal to Stabilise Syria’s North East

Largest remaining Syrian rebel enclave could become killing zone

Israel signals it could target Iranian military assets in Iraq

US halts funding to UN agency helping Palestinian refugees

UN Chief fears ‘humanitarian catastrophe' in Syria's Idlib

Russia builds up Mediterranean fleet amid rising tensions over Syria

UN chief suggests options to improve Palestinian protection

UN agency says schools for Palestinian refugees to open on time despite US cut

Mossad Assassinated Syrian Weapons Chief, New York Times

Gaza ceasefire holds after two-day flare-up

Hamas fires rockets, Israel bombs Gaza killing pregnant woman and a child

First images of Israel’s sea barrier blockading Gaza

Israeli military court jails Palestinian minor

The EU has a responsibility to stop Israel violating democracy

'His blood was on the floor': The night Israeli forces stormed our Freedom flotilla and kidnapped us

Israeli strike kills at least two palestinians in Gaza

Lebanon hits political logjam after election

Druze soldiers quitting Israeli military over controversial nation-state law

Syrian Kurdish group says it and Damascus agree to negotiate end to violence

US base in southern Syria sends ‘signal' to Iran

Israel/OPT: Ahed Tamimi release a bittersweet moment as other Palestinian children languish in Israeli jails

Pentagon reluctant to work with Russian military on Syrian refugees

Death toll in southwest Syria attacks climbs to 50

Israeli forces kill Palestinian teen in West Bank raid: medics

Damascus condemns White Helmet evacuation as 'criminal operation'

Israel launches US-backed missile shield on Syria frontier

Israel, Hamas agree to restore calm in Gaza: Hamas

UN calls for safe passage for 140,000 trapped in southwest Syria

Syria's Assad set to recover Golan frontier as rebels surrender

Israel adopts divisive Jewish nation-state law

UN fails to get major new funding pledges for Palestinian refugees

Resettlement needs set to rise to 1.4 million people in 2019, UNHCR

Kushner schooled by Abbas after claiming Palestinian leader fears US peace plan

US bent on destroying nuclear deal: Iran FM

How Netanyahu got Trump to sign off on Israel's nuclear arsenal

Israel Behind Attack in Syria That Killed Dozens, US Official

End of the Rope

Israel unveils new standoff ground-attack missile

US vetoes UN resolution denouncing violence against Palestinians

Red Cross sends war surgeons and supplies to Gaza

Ex-Mossad chief questions legality of Netanyahu's order to prepare Iran strike

Assad says US must leave Syria, vows to recover SDF areas

Israel-Gaza border falls quiet after Egypt brokers ceasefire

UN aid chief highlights 2 million Syrians in greatest need

Israel Wants US to Keep F-35 'Upgrade Capabilities' Secret From Turkey – Media

Israeli army kills two Palestinians in Gaza border shelling: medics

Lebanon tells Syria development law could hinder refugees' return

Urgent action needed to avoid war, alleviate suffering in Gaza – UN

Syria says Iranian withdrawal not up for discussion: report

Palestinians ask ICC to investigate alleged Israeli human rights crimes

Israel says first country to use US-made F-35 in combat

UN sets up human rights probe into Gaza killings

Syria's Assad flies to Russia for talks with Putin: Kremlin

2018 worst year in Syria's humanitarian crisis: U.N. official

Pope condemns Gaza killings, says Mideast needs justice, peace

Israeli forces kill two Palestinians near border as Gaza buries dead

Use of excessive force in Gaza an abhorrent violation of international law

41 Palestinians killed and hundreds wounded by Israeli gunfire

'Gaza is about to explode,' UN envoy warns Security Council

Israel: Arms embargo needed as military unlawfully kills and maims Gaza protesters

Syrian army says 'enemy' rockets hit military bases

UN rights chief decries Israel's excessive use of force in Gaza

Palestinian U.N. aid still $200 million short after Trump cuts

As Syria war grinds on, UN-EU conference aims to revive peace process

Famed war reporter concluded 'chemical attack' in syria did not happen

Malaysia releases images of suspects in murder of Palestinian

Israel drops leaflets warning Gazans not to approach border

Insurgents south of Syrian capital surrender, says state TV

UN launches global plan to strengthen protection of internally displaced persons

Russian, NATO generals to discuss Syria, Europe in Baku: TASS

Assad steps up efforts to crush last besieged enclaves

No evidence of chemical attack in Douma - doctor

US accuses Russia, Syria of tampering with Douma evidence, Moscow denies

Syria attack triggered Western action, but on the ground Assad gained

One dead as thousands of Palestinians protest at Gaza-Israel border

Russia may consider supplying S-300 missile systems to Syria

Western air strikes on Syria could let terrorism expand: Iraq

China says Syrian strikes violate international law, urges dialogue

Russia says attack on Syria to hurt peace talks: RIA

US, British, French air strikes target Syrian chemical capabilities

Israeli forces wound 30 more Palestinians in Gaza-Israel border protests

Threat of US-Russia clash hangs over Syria

Syria: Break impasse in Security Council, avoid situation 'spiraling out of control' - UN chief

Trump: 'no final decision' made on striking Syria

Thousands more leave Syria's Ghouta in withdrawal deal

Israeli ex-spymasters warn country is 'critically ill' under Netanyahu

Israeli police question Netanyahu in telecom corruption case

Chief rabbi of Israel called black people 'monkeys'

Civilians flood out of Syria's Douma: monitor

Israel/OPT: Palestinian child activist Ahed Tamimi sentenced to 8 months in prison

Israel admits bombing suspected Syrian nuclear reactor in 2007

Displacement surges as twin military offensives drive thousands from Afrin and east Ghouta - UN

Russia says more than 7,000 people left Syria's Eastern Ghouta Saturday

SYRIA: Seven years of catastrophic failure by the international community

White House hosts meeting on Gaza crisis without Palestinians present

Russia says over 300 people have left Syria's eastern Ghouta: RIA

Seven years on, Syria still suffers

Turkey, US to oversee Syrian Kurdish YPG withdrawal from Syria's Manbij: FM

Palestinian PM safe in Gaza after explosion near convoy

Russian military says will respond if US strikes Syria: RIA

Sick and injured begin to leave besieged Syrian enclave in Ghouta

Russian agencies say Syrian army found rebel chemical weapons workshop in Ghouta

Syrian Observatory says more than half a million killed during war

Syria's Douma faces catastrophe: local council

Syrian forces poised to slice eastern Ghouta in two: commander

Victims of Syrian conflict 'denied any meaningful justice,' says UN-mandated panel

Israeli troops kill Palestinian near Gaza border: officials

Israeli police question Netanyahu in telecoms corruption case

Merkel and Trump call for Syrian ceasefire to be implemented

Lavrov says rebels blocking aid and evacuations in Syria's Ghouta

Syrian government gains ground on second day of Russian truce: monitor

Fighting in Syria's Ghouta stops aid, 1,000 medical evacuations: UN

UN says no halt to fighting in Syria's eastern Ghouta despite Russian truce

Air strike kills Syrian family of nine in rebel-held Ghouta: monitor

UN aid chief outlines measures to improve response to Syrian crisis in 2018

More bombs fall on Syria's eastern Ghouta ahead of UN vote

Strikes hit Syria's Ghouta for fifth day as UN pleads for ceasefire

Confidant of Israel's Netanyahu turns state witness in corruption case: media

Stakes rise in Turkey's Afrin assault as pro-Assad militia arrive

Syria's Ghouta residents 'wait to die' as bombs fall

Hundreds of asylum seekers go on hunger strike as Israel begins jailing those refusing deportation

Ex-chair, CEO named among detainees in inquiry into Israel's Bezeq Telecom

Bombs still fall on Syria's Ghouta after heaviest toll in years

Egyptian firm to buy $15 billion in Israeli natural gas

Pro-Assad militias to enter Syria's Afrin

Turkey proposed joint deployment with US troops in Syria's Manbij

Putin and Palestinian leader Abbas to discuss new peace talks format

Lebanese leaders say Israel threatens border stability

Russia orders warplanes in Syria to fly higher after jet shot down

2018 LCRP appeals for $2.68 billion for Lebanon response

Abbas to address U.N. Security Council on Feb. 20 amid US tensions

UN agency seeks $800 million in lifesaving aid for Palestine refugees

US defends role of Lebanon army as Israel threatens to attack it

Israel, Lebanon clash over offshore energy, raising tensions

UN Palestinian aid agency gets cash injection after Trump cuts

Rocky start for Syria talks in Russia as some delegates refuse to leave airport

UN employees in Gaza hold protest strike over US aid cut

Bombardment continues in Syria's Ghouta after ceasefire talk

Turkish operations on Syrian border to extend as far as Iraq, Erdogan

Jordan's King Abdullah II: US Participation in the Peace Process is Vital

Abbas wins renewed EU backing for Palestinian capital in East Jerusalem

On Israel visit, Pence meets Netanyahu

Turkish army shells Kurdish positions in Syria's Afrin: military

US continues to train local security forces in Syria

Damascus: US military presence in Syria is act of aggression

Turkey to coordinate with Russia on operation in Syria's Afrin

Turkey says could act in Syria unless US withdraws support for Kurdish force

Trump denies US embassy to be moved to Jerusalem within a year

Schools, health hit by US cut for Palestinian refugee funds: UNRWA chief

Erdogan says Turkish operation in Syria's Afrin to be supported by rebels

Syrian army to end U.S. presence in the country: state TV

Turkey says US "playing with fire" in setting up Syrian force

13 million Syrians in desperate need as seventh war-torn winter sets in, UN warns

Russia says 13 drones used in attack on its base in Syria

Turkey urges Russia, Iran to stop Syrian army offensive in Idlib

Talks with rebels in no-man's land as Russia eyes post-war role in Syria

Israeli military to probe death of disabled Palestinian in Gaza

Trump threatens to withhold aid to Palestinians

Defeat-ISIS coalition reflects on 2017 andlooks forward to 2018

Mattis says operations against ISIS will change in 2018

Israel changes law to make it harder to cede Jerusalem control

Thousands of Palestinians take part in anti-Trump protests

Mideast needs two-state solution, Pope’s Christmas message

Putin orders 'significant part' of Russian forces in Syria to withdraw

Palestinian president will not meet Pence: adviser

UAE's Gargash says Trump's decision on Jerusalem is 'gift to radicalism'

Israeli retaliation strikes kill two Palestinians in Gaza

Israeli firm's spyware used against Ethiopian dissidents -Canadian group

Pro-Palestinians worldwide hold 'Day of Rage' over Jerusalem

Syrian govt delegation to return to Geneva on Sunday for peace talks: SANA

Trump to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital

Britain urges US to come forward with Mideast peace plan

Lebanon's Hariri rescinds resignation, drawing line under crisis

Warnings mount over Trump's Jerusalem declaration, Turkey sees 'red line'

Trump likely to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital next week: official

Israeli missiles hit military post near Damascus: Syrian TV

Syrian government negotiator quits Geneva talks

Truce near Damascus mostly being observed before Syria talks begin

UN to offer direct talks to Syrian negotiators for first time

Germany's Merkel vows to get government in place quickly

Syrian opposition picks chief negotiator ahead of new Geneva talks

Mediterranean "by far world's deadliest border" for migrants: IOM

Lebanon's Jumblatt criticizes Saudi over Hariri

Israeli official under fire for comments on American Jews' military service

PM Hariri urges Lebanese to put country first

Hariri's Paris meeting to boost Lebanon stability: top aide

Lebanon's Hariri to fly to Paris within 48 hours: source close to Hariri

Fears for Lebanese economy if Saudis impose Qatar-style blockade

Russia says U.S. providing cover for Islamic State in Syria

Iran 'hopes Hariri will remain Lebanon's prime minister'

Hezbollah says Saudi declares Lebanon war with Hariri detention

Putin and Trump agree political solution needed for Syria

Lebanese Druze politician Jumblatt: time for Hariri to return

Macron unexpectedly heads to Riyadh to discuss crises with Crown Prince

Lebanon believes Saudi holds Hariri, demands return

Syria declares victory over Islamic State

Islamic State on verge of defeat after fresh losses in Syria and Iraq

Lebanese prime minister resigns, saying his life in danger

Illegal settlements a barrier to peace, PM tells Israel's Netanyahu

Death toll from Israeli strike on Gaza tunnel rises to 12

Syria declares victory over Islamic State in Deir al-Zor

Moscow hopes Syrian opposition will attend Russia-backed congress: Ifax

Hamas cedes Gaza border crossings to Palestinian Authority control

Assad sets sights on Kurdish areas, risking new Syria conflict

U.N. rights chief decries hunger in Syrian siege, demands aid access

US-backed SDF to let Syrian Islamic State fighters leave Raqqa

Palestinian rivals Fatah and Hamas sign reconciliation accord

Russia says critically injures Tahrir al-Sham militant leader in Syria

Israel sees Assad winning Syria war, urges more U.S. involvement

Palestinian leader tries to put Trump on notice with warning

Refugees reaching Zambia accuse DRC troops of killing civilians: U.N.

Merkel and Schulz urge undecided Germans to vote to avoid far right gaining

US-backed forces capture big gas field in Syria's Deir al Zor province: senior commander

Lebanon to complain to U.N. over Israel violating airspace

UN chief Guterres calls for end to Israel's Gaza blockade

Heavy civilian casualties in Raqqa from air strikes: U.N.

UN sees Islamic State defeats in Syria by October, elections possible in a year

U.S.-led forces acknowledge killing 61 more civilians in Iraq and Syria

Lebanese army and Hezbollah declare offensives on ISIS at Syrian border

Fighters and refugees leave Lebanon enclave for Syria

No coordination between Lebanon and Syrian armies against IS - Lebanese military source

Aleppo's Old City can be rebuilt, UNESCO official says

Netanyahu's former aide turns state's witness in bribery case

Bethlehem graffiti lampoons Trump embrace of Israeli wall

The Clooneys to help 3,000 Syrian refugees go to school in Lebanon

Thousands rush to pray at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque amid tension

Jordan's king calls on Israel to put in trial guard who shot dead two Jordanians

U.S. pledges extra $140 million to Lebanon for Syrian refugees

Six dead in worst Israeli-Palestinian bloodshed for years

WHO and partners to minimize spread of acute watery diarrhoea/cholera in the Med

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