Israel launched powerful airstrikes in Damascus on Wednesday, blowing up part of the defence ministry and hitting near the presidential palace as it vowed to destroy government forces attacking Druze in southern Syria and demanded they withdraw.

Israeli warplanes struck Syrian military headquarters and near the presidential palace in Damascus on Wednesday, as sectarian clashes in the southern part of the country quickly spiraled into a crisis...

In the short term, it is likely to weaken Ahmed al-Sharaa, a former Sunni jihadist and Syria’s interim president, as well as make it harder for Syria and Israel to reconcile, as America has been push...

Before his death in April, the pope would call Fr Gabriel Romanelli, an Argentinian, every evening to discuss the war in Gaza. He began the routine on October 9th, 2023, two days after the attacks on Israel by Hamas, as a way to express solidarity during the conflict.

Strikes hit the Holy Family Church in northern Gaza on Thursday morning, injuring several people including the parish priest, officials with the Catholic Church said.

Giorgia Meloni, the Italian prime minister, condemned the attack as “unacceptable”.