Syrian security forces continue to deploy in Kurdish areas under deal with SDFAP News• Feb 3, 2026 11:26 amQAMISHLI, Syria (AP) — Security forces affiliated with Syria’s Interior Ministry continued Tuesday to deploy in Kurdish-dominated areas in northeastern…
Lebanon’s relations with Syria have made a dramatic positive shift post-Assad, deputy PM saysAP News• Feb 3, 2026 06:39 am
Iran’s president seeks ‘fair and equitable’ negotiations, while US shoots down droneAP News• Feb 2, 2026 10:16 pm
Israeli police detain local officials suspected of pocketing aid sent after Oct 7 attackAP News• Feb 2, 2026 06:39 am
Syria’s interior ministry forces enter key city under deal with Kurdish-led SDFAP News• Feb 2, 2026 05:15 am
Syrian rapper Al Darwish returns home after 13 years to perform in post-Assad DamascusAP News• Feb 1, 2026 10:23 pm
Besieged by gang violence, Palestinian citizens in Israel demand more securityAP News• Feb 1, 2026 12:09 am
Supplies running out at Syria’s al-Hol camp as instability blocks aid deliveriesAP News• Jan 31, 2026 05:12 amAL-HASSAKEH, Syria (AP) — An international humanitarian organization has warned that supplies are running out at a camp in northeast…
Israeli strikes kill 30 Palestinians, including children, as Gaza ceasefire inches forwardAP News• Jan 30, 2026 10:53 pm
A bullet shattered her knee. Now a Gaza teen’s chances of walking depend on Rafah crossing’s openingAP News• Jan 30, 2026 10:24 pm
Iraqi calligrapher’s handwritten Quran ends 6 years of artistry and craftAP News• Jan 30, 2026 08:56 pm
Man seeks to be freed after his conviction was tossed in Jam Master Jay murder caseAP News• Jan 30, 2026 02:28 pm
Lebanon’s government approves a deal to transfer Syrian prisoners back to SyriaAP News• Jan 30, 2026 12:53 pm
Satellite photos show activity at Iran nuclear sites as tensions rise over protest crackdownAP News• Jan 30, 2026 12:01 pm
The UN says Yemen’s Houthis removed its assets, equipment in latest restrictionsAP News• Jan 30, 2026 09:43 am
Syria’s Kurdish-led force and the Damascus government reach a new agreement to stabilize ceasefireAP News• Jan 30, 2026 02:48 amQAMISHLI, Syria (AP) — The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces announced a new agreement on Friday with the country’s central government…
Cut off from most communication, Iranian protesters share rare stories of determination and dissentAP News• Jan 29, 2026 09:37 pm
Israel returns Palestinian bodies, marking last exchange between Israel and HamasAP News• Jan 29, 2026 09:26 am
How Iran’s Revolutionary Guard became a powerful force within the country’s theocracyAP News• Jan 29, 2026 09:24 am
Heavy rain in Afghanistan collapses a house, killing a mother and her 6 childrenAP News• Jan 29, 2026 06:01 am
UN food agency is shutting down operations in rebel-held northern Yemen, officials sayAP News• Jan 29, 2026 05:11 am
Al Habtoor Group exits Lebanon and lays off employees after dispute with authoritiesAP News• Jan 28, 2026 07:37 am
Israel marks the return of the final hostage’s remains after more than 2 years of war and griefAP News• Jan 27, 2026 08:31 amIsrael is marking the end of a painful chapter after the return of the remains of the last hostage held…
Activists say Iran’s crackdown has killed at least 6,221 people, as the country’s currency plungesAP News• Jan 26, 2026 08:18 pm
The last hostage recovered from Gaza, Ran Gvili, died fighting to save a kibbutzAP News• Jan 26, 2026 11:10 am
UN aid convoy delivers supplies to besieged city in northeast Syria as a shaky ceasefire holdsAP News• Jan 26, 2026 09:49 am
Israel recovers remains of the last hostage in Gaza. Ceasefire moves into tricky new phaseAP News• Jan 26, 2026 04:21 am
UAE conglomerate plans legal action against Lebanon over $1.7B investment lossesAP News• Jan 26, 2026 02:31 am
Iran unveils mural warning of retaliation if US conducts a military strikeAP News• Jan 25, 2026 05:59 am
Baghdad says it will prosecute Islamic State militants being moved from Syria to IraqAP News• Jan 25, 2026 03:56 amBAGHDAD (AP) — Baghdad will prosecute and try militants from the Islamic State group who are being transferred from prisons…
Ceasefire with Kurdish-led force extended for another 15 days, Syrian army saysAP News• Jan 24, 2026 11:06 am
Heavy snow and rainfall kill 61, injure 110 over 3 days in Afghanistan, authorities sayAP News• Jan 24, 2026 04:52 am
Scale of Iran’s nationwide protests and bloody crackdown come into focus even as internet is outAP News• Jan 23, 2026 11:50 pm
Syrian forces take control of prison housing IS members after Kurdish fighters evacuateAP News• Jan 23, 2026 02:46 am
Iranian prosecutor denies Trump’s claim 800 prisoners were spared executionAP News• Jan 22, 2026 06:13 pm
People in Gaza dig through garbage for things to burn to keep warm — a far cry from Trump’s visionAP News• Jan 22, 2026 08:06 am
The decision to move IS prisoners from Syria to Iraq came at the request of Baghdad, officials sayAP News• Jan 22, 2026 06:50 amBAGHDAD (AP) — The decision to move prisoners of the Islamic State group from northeast Syria to detention centers in…
Spinner Mujeeb’s hat trick earns Afghanistan T20 series win over West IndiesAP News• Jan 21, 2026 12:23 pm
Car bomb in Yemen kills 3 and is said to target a leader with Saudi-backed groupAP News• Jan 21, 2026 07:44 am
Israeli fire strikes journalists and children on one of Gaza’s deadliest days since ceasefireAP News• Jan 21, 2026 06:16 am
US military transfers first 150 Islamic State detainees from Syria to IraqAP News• Jan 21, 2026 02:44 am
Israel’s settler movement takes victory lap as a sparse outpost becomes a settlement within a monthAP News• Jan 20, 2026 11:24 am
Why Islamic State group prisoners in northeast Syria are being transferred to IraqAP News• Jan 20, 2026 11:09 am
Iran warns Trump not to take action against KhameneiAP News• Jan 20, 2026 09:49 amIran has warned Donald Trump not to take any action against the country’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, days after…
Baby dies from cold in Gaza as leaders meet to discuss Trump’s Board of PeaceAP News• Jan 20, 2026 07:44 am
Turkey’s pro-Kurdish party warns Syria violence threatens peace effortsAP News• Jan 20, 2026 07:32 am
Palestinians endure ‘systemic abuse’ in Israeli prisons, rights group saysAP News• Jan 20, 2026 06:27 am
Internet shutdown squeezes Iran’s ailing businesses already hurt by crashing currencyAP News• Jan 20, 2026 03:50 am
Syrian military, Kurdish-led forces announce new truce after guards leave camp housing IS familiesAP News• Jan 20, 2026 02:48 am
Israeli crews target UN facilities for Palestinian refugees in east JerusalemAP News• Jan 20, 2026 02:46 am
Syrian government deal with Kurdish fighters appears to unravel as IS prisoners escapeAP News• Jan 19, 2026 10:25 am
What to know about Syria’s main Kurdish-led force and its deal with Damascus after days of clashesAP News• Jan 19, 2026 06:21 amBEIRUT (AP) — Over the past decade, the religiously and ethnically mixed Syrian Democratic Forces had been the most effective…
Thousands gather peacefully in Los Angeles in support of protesters in IranAP News• Jan 18, 2026 04:50 pm
US-based activist agency says it has verified 3,919 deaths from Iran protestsAP News• Jan 18, 2026 09:16 am
Yemeni politicians meet in Riyadh after dissolving a southern separatist groupAP News• Jan 18, 2026 08:07 am
Syrian government announces a ceasefire with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic ForcesAP News• Jan 18, 2026 02:20 am
Israeli troops kill Palestinians for crossing a vague ceasefire line that’s sometimes unmarkedAP News• Jan 17, 2026 10:04 pm
Israel objects to US announcement of leaders who will help oversee next steps in GazaAP News• Jan 17, 2026 09:04 amNAHARIYA, Israel (AP) — Israel’s government is objecting to the White House announcement of leaders who will play a role…
Iran’s leader calls Trump a ‘criminal’ for backing protests and blames demonstrators for deathsAP News• Jan 17, 2026 05:06 am
Syrian government forces enter northern towns after Kurdish fighters withdrawAP News• Jan 17, 2026 02:06 am
Family of Iranian protester searched for her body in a pile of corpses and buried her on a roadsideAP News• Jan 17, 2026 12:06 am
White House names some leaders with roles in next steps in Gaza, while Palestinian committee meetsAP News• Jan 16, 2026 10:28 am
Kurdish separatist group claims to have mounted ‘armed operations’ in Iran to defend protestersAP News• Jan 16, 2026 06:11 am
No sign of new protests in Iran as a hard-line cleric calls for executions and threatens TrumpAP News• Jan 16, 2026 03:57 amA Iran returns to an uneasy calm after protests led to a violent crackdown, a senior cleric is calling for…
Trump’s ceasefire plan faces great uncertainty as it moves into a new phaseAP News• Jan 15, 2026 11:27 am
Exiled crown prince’s plan for Iran is mostly aimed at Trump, experts sayAP News• Jan 15, 2026 10:48 am
Civilians flee on foot as Syrian military offensive looms east of AleppoAP News• Jan 15, 2026 07:39 am
Netanyahu says the announced start of Gaza ceasefire’s next phase is a ‘declarative move’AP News• Jan 15, 2026 05:08 am
Rights group warns on failure to deliver justice after sectarian killings in Syria’s SweidaAP News• Jan 15, 2026 04:08 am
The Latest: UN Security Council discusses Iran’s deadly protests after US requestAP News• Jan 15, 2026 02:47 am