The stakes may be higher, but Wednesday's predawn air raids aren't the game-changer that Defense Minister Naftali Bennett claims they are

Just 1,000 of 20,000 members of Christian minority remain in Syria after Islamic State invasion; now, the remnants of community fear being 'pushed into exile'

Blast targeting bus and taxi station also wounded 33 people, some of them seriously, says Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights

Helicopters moved to airport in northeastern city of Qamishli as Russian military grows its presence in area after US withdrawal

State media reports air defenses fire on 'hostile targets'

Northern Syria has been rocked by several explosions since Ankara began a military operation against Kurdish fighters in the wake of US withdrawal

In second-ever visit by the head of the US Central Command, Gen. Kenneth McKenzie lands amid ongoing tensions over American withdrawal from the region

17 years after latest round of talks began on Red-Dead canal, Israel drags its feet, Jordan bans Israeli scientists from its side, and the iconic lake relentlessly contracts

Associates paint a picture of a man obsessed with his security, a 'nervous wreck' who complained of treason among terror group's governors

Turkish official calls arrest of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's sister an 'intelligence gold mine'