Multiple rockets were launched at Iraq’s Ain Al-Asad Air Base housing US-led forces late yesterday, US and Iraqi sources said, with no damage or casualties reported according to Reuters. Two US officials said the base itself had not been struck in the attack. The...

Talks on ending the Gaza conflict have made progress on the issues of hostage releases and withdrawal of Israeli forces, but security arrangements and ceasefire guarantees are still being worked on, two Egyptian security sources said on...

Hamas wants written guarantees from the United States for a permanent ceasefire and withdrawal of Israeli forces from the Gaza Strip in order to sign off on a US-backed truce proposal, two Egyptian security sources said, Reuters reports. Mediators,...

Israel is seeking changes to a plan for a Gaza truce and the release of hostages, complicating a final deal to halt its genocidal bombing campaign that has devastated the enclave, according to a Western official, a Palestinian and two Egyptian sources. Israel says...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected proposals by Israeli negotiators on Saturday for the renewal of indirect talks with Hamas for a hostage release deal, the Times of Israel has reported, citing multiple reports by major Israeli networks...

Israeli officials involved in talks to conclude a prisoner swap deal with Hamas said yesterday they were “surprised” by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s terms for such a deal, claiming the “new terms” pose difficulties for talks with Egypt regarding the future of...