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July 16th, 2026 - 08:56 GMT

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Israel tells US Pentagon it’s keeping its forces inside ‘security zones’ in Gaza, Lebanon, and Syria

ALBAWABA - Israeli Defense Minister, Israel Katz, told U.S. Defense Minister Pete Hegseth that Israel is planning to keep its forces inside their ‘security zones’ in Gaza, Lebanon, and Syria. Katz’s statement comes just days after U.S. President Donald Trump asked Israel to withdraw its forces from said ‘security zones’, telling Netanyahu that Israeli troop deployment was fueling tensions in the region, saying: "They don't want you there. You should ...

Plumes of smoke rise following Russian air strikes on the village of al-Bara in the southern part of Syria's northwestern Idlib province on March 5, 2020. Omar HAJ KADOUR / AFP

March 9th, 2020 - 07:42 GMT

Assad Regime Violates Turkey-Russia Ceasefire Accord 10 Minutes After it Was Implemented

Greeks riot police clash with migrants along the Greece-Turkey border in the village of Kastanies on March 6, 2020. Greece is attempting to hold back a migration surge by land and sea from neighbouring Turkey that began last week after Ankara said it would no longer stop asylum seekers from entering Europe. ANGELOS TZORTZINIS / AFP

March 9th, 2020 - 07:38 GMT

Erdogan Calls on Greece to 'Open The Gates' for Migrants to Reach Europe

Syrians ride in the back of a truck in the town of Hazano in the rebel-held northern countryside of Syria's Idlib province on March 7, 2020. Ibrahim YASOUF / AFP

March 8th, 2020 - 01:39 GMT

How Can Aid Agencies Prevent a Coronavirus Outbreak in Syria?

Damascus-Aleppo highway (Twitter)

March 8th, 2020 - 11:47 GMT

The Strategic M-5 Highway Connecting Damascus to Aleppo Reopens

A woman and her baby are pictured in a tent at a migrants' makeshift camp near a bus terminal, as they wait to resume their efforts to enter Europe near Pazarkule border gate in the city of Edirne, northwest Turkey on March 8, 2020. EU members on March 4, 2020 rejected what they said is Turkey's use of desperate migrants to pressure its neighbours -- and strongly backed Greece's border crackdown. The EU has scrambled to respond to the surge of migrants at the Greek border, where authorities say some 24,000

March 8th, 2020 - 09:37 GMT

After Border Chaos Greece Agrees to Build 2 New Shelters For 100s of Asylum Seekers

Refugees and migrants who arrived on Lesbos island after March 1, stand in the port of Mytilene next to the military carrier which accomodates them on the island of Lesbos on March 7, 2020. Over 1,700 migrants have landed on Lesbos and four other Aegean islands from Turkey over the past week, adding to the 38,000 already crammed into abysmal and overstretched refugee centres. LOUISA GOULIAMAKI / AFP

March 8th, 2020 - 07:56 GMT

Greece Imposes More Restrictions on Asylum Seekers as Refugees Surges

Syrian army soldiers gather with vehicles in a square in the town of Saraqib in the northwestern Idlib province on March 6, 2020, as government forces assumed control over it. AFP

March 7th, 2020 - 09:02 GMT

EU Hails Turkey-Russia Ceasefire Accord on Syria

A family sits on a blanket near the yard of a small church where they spent the night after arriving last night near Skala Sykamnias on the Greek island of Lesbos on March 6, 2020. A group of 42 refugees and migrants managed to by pass coast guard patrols and landed on the shores of Lesbos in the evening of March 5. LOUISA GOULIAMAKI / AFP

March 6th, 2020 - 11:13 GMT

Tear Gas Fired From Turkey Towards Greek Border Guards

A wounded Syrian child sits at a makeshift clinic in the town of Maaret Misrin following Syrian government forces airstrikes on March 5, 2020 in the country's northwestern Idlib province. Russian air strikes killed at least 15 civilians including a child in the last major opposition bastion of Idlib in northwestern Syria, a Britain-based war monitor said. Aref TAMMAWI / AFP

March 5th, 2020 - 01:35 GMT

Syrian War Makes Idlib Province Uninhabitable for Civilians

A migrant rests on the grass verge as they gather near the Tunca river waiting to resume their efforts to enter Europe near Pazarkule border gate in the city of Edirne, northwest Turkey on March 5, 2020. EU members on March 4, 2020 rejected what they said is Turkey's use of desperate migrants to pressure its neighbours -- and strongly backed Greece's border crackdown. The EU has scrambled to respond to the surge of migrants at the Greek border, where authorities say some 24,000 were stopped from entering be

March 5th, 2020 - 01:25 GMT

Turkey Slams EU Over Killing of Asylum-Seekers in Greece

Migrants climb a hill as they gather near the Tunca river in the city of Edirne, northwest Turkey on March 5, 2020 waiting to resume their efforts to enter Europe near Pazarkule border gate. EU members on March 4, 2020 rejected what they said is Turkey's use of desperate migrants to pressure its neighbours -- and strongly backed Greece's border crackdown. The EU has scrambled to respond to the surge of migrants at the Greek border, where authorities say some 24,000 were stopped from entering between Februar

March 5th, 2020 - 01:21 GMT

Athens Tell Refugees Greece is 'a Bridge to Europe'

A picture taken from Binnish shows smoke billowing above buildings during pro-regime forces air strikes on rebel-held areas surrounding the regime-controlled town of Saraqeb, in the northwestern Idlib province on March 4, 2020. Muhammad HAJ KADOUR / AFP

March 5th, 2020 - 07:26 GMT

Two Turkish Soldiers Killed by Syrian Regime Forces in Idlib