Israeli forces have taken over more than half of Gaza in a renewed campaign to pressure Hamas to release hostages after Israel ended their ceasefire last month.

Iraq's prime minister said the leader of Islamic State in Iraq and Syria was killed by Iraqi security forces, with the support of the U.S.-led coalition fighting the group.

A surge of deadly violence in Syria highlights the need to ensure 'darker forces' don't take over the struggling country and worsen conditions, Canada's new special envoy says.

Ongoing clashes between the two sides have marked the worst violence since Assad’s government was toppled in early December by insurgent groups led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham.

Syria's interim president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, leads Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, a group Canada has listed as a terrorist organization since 2013.

The former insurgents also threw out Syria’s constitution, adopted under Bashar Assad, saying a new charter would be drafted soon.

After almost a decade in Canada and finding a new, supportive community in Edmonton, Amani Shamseddin says their journey to safety is something she doesn’t take for granted.

Tens of thousands of Syrians are believed to have entered Lebanon illegally on the night of Assad's fall earlier this month.

In churches across long-stifled Syria, Christians marked the first Sunday services since Bashar Assad's ouster in an air of transformation.

Bizarre and personal photos of ousted Syrian President Bashar Assad have surfaced from his abandoned residences, sparking ridicule among Syrians.