After 15 months of a grueling war that has claimed tens of thousands of lives, Israel and Hamas agreed to phase one of a ...

Three-phased deal will start with the release of 33 hostages held by Hamas since Oct. 7, 2023. If fully implemented, the ...

Latest news and live updates as a Gaza ceasefire deal is reached after more than a year of war between Israel and Hamas.

Terms of the cease-fire deal that Israel and Hamas reached after a year of fruitless talks aren’t very different from what ...

The widely reported agreement must hold. We haven’t begun to understand the full scope of the horrors Israel wrought. And ...

After agreeing to a ceasefire and hostage release deal with Hamas, Israel's political future — and Netanyahu's — remains ...

Mediators say Israel and Hamas have agreed to a pause in fighting in Gaza and to begin releasing the hostages held there.

Even if a deal is reached, the torment experienced by families of the hostages and war-weary Palestinians in Gaza could be far from over.

NATO ally Turkey has emerged as the dominant state power in a new Syria, and is seeking to press its advantage by bombing and ...

Months of shuttle diplomacy have failed to end the war in Gaza, which began after Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel ...

Qatari mediators have sent Israel and Hamas a draft proposal for an agreement to halt the fighting in the Gaza Strip and ...

But as a new government takes shape in Damascus, Syrians and foreign observers alike worry about how inclusive, ...