JERUSALEM, Jan. 9 (Xinhua) -- Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz on Friday defended the military's seizure of additional Syrian territory, characterizing the expansion as a necessary buffer against ...

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Syrian and Israeli officials are set to resume U.S.-mediated talks in Paris in hopes of reaching a security agreement to ...

Syria and Israel have decided to establish a cell to communicate under the US supervision following latest meeting in Paris, ...

Israeli forces carried out a new ground incursion into Syria’s southern Quneitra countryside on Monday, and detained a young ...

BEIRUT — Qassim Hamadeh woke to the sounds of gunfire and explosions in his village of Beit Jin in southwestern Syria last month. Within hours, he had lost two sons, a daughter-in-law and his ...

As Syria and Israel consider a new diplomatic relationship, brokered by the United States, the Middle East might be on the ...

Despite no formal relations between the countries, US-sponsored talks in Paris have been praised by negotiators ...

JERUSALEM — Israel and Syria have resumed talks aimed at easing tensions along their shared border after a months-long hiatus, Israel’s Prime Minister’s Office ...

The U.S. State Department later issued a joint statement with Syria and Israel saying the parties had agreed to establish a "joint fusion mechanism" -- a dedicated communication cell -- to enable ...

The talks, in Paris, are the latest bid to reduce tensions between two longtime enemies. A deal would help both curry favor ...