Iraqi authorities are working to exhume the remains of around 100 Kurdish women and children thought to have been killed in the 1980s under former Iraqi ruler Saddam Hussein, three officials said.
Iran鈥檚 top diplomat warned Friday against 鈥榙estructive interference鈥� in Syria鈥檚 future and said decisions should lie solely with the country鈥檚 people, writing in Chinese state media as he visited Beijing.
Yemeni rebels claimed new attacks against Israel on Friday, after Israeli air strikes hit rebel-held Sanaa鈥檚 international airport and other targets in Yemen.
Syria鈥檚 new authorities launched an operation in a stronghold of ousted president Bashar al-Assad on Thursday, with a war monitor saying three gunmen affiliated with the former government were killed.
A Palestinian TV channel affiliated with a militant group said five of its journalists were killed Thursday in an Israeli strike on their vehicle in Gaza, with Israel鈥檚 military saying it had targeted a 鈥榯errorist cell鈥�.
The United Nations鈥� peacekeeping force in Lebanon expressed concern on Thursday at the 鈥榗ontinuing鈥� damage done by Israeli forces in the country鈥檚 south despite a ceasefire in the war with Hezbollah.
A key Syrian rescue group and an activist said on Wednesday a burial site outside Damascus was likely a mass grave for detainees held under former president Bashar al-Assad and fighters killed in the civil war.
Lebanon鈥檚 state media said an Israeli air strike targeted the Baalbek region in the east of the country before dawn on Wednesday, branding it a 鈥榲iolation鈥� of the fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah.
Yemen鈥檚 Huthi rebels said on Wednesday that they had fired a ballistic missile at central Israel, with Israeli forces saying they intercepted the attack.
Hamas and Israel traded accusations on Wednesday over delays in finalising a ceasefire and hostage release agreement for Gaza, despite continued efforts by mediators to broker a deal in the latest round of negotiations.
An Iranian court on Monday freed on bail a female singer who performed in an online concert two weeks ago without adhering to the strict Islamic dress code, local media reported.
An official from one of only two functioning hospitals in northern Gaza on Monday told AFP that Israeli forces were continuing to target his facility and urged the international community to intervene before 鈥榠t is too late.鈥�
Just 12 trucks distributed food and water in northern Gaza in two-and-a-half months, aid group Oxfam said on Sunday, raising the alarm over the worsening humanitarian situation in the besieged territory...
Gaza鈥檚 civil defence agency said on Sunday Israeli strikes killed at least 28 Palestinians, as the director of one of two hospitals still operating in the territory鈥檚 north reported bombardment nearby.
Iran鈥檚 supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei denied on Sunday that militant groups around the region functioned as Tehran鈥檚 proxies, warning that if his country chose to 鈥榯ake action鈥�, it would not need them anyway.