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A Bibas family member calls on Israeli officials to take responsibility for the deaths of hostages in Hamas captivity. Also: life in Kurdish parts of Syria, and why an Australian radio host is out of a job.

More than 50 years ago in October 1973, Syria briefly recaptured the Golan Heights from Israel in fierce fighting around the provincial capital city of

Even as tensions between Israel and Syria ramped up in recent days, a small group of Syrian Jews recently celebrated a milestone that once seemed unthinkable: a return visit to their home country. Under the auspices of the new Syrian government,

Hamas was plotting a major attack on Jewish communities Israel Katz revealed on Thursday during a meeting with the heads of regional councils. He also reiterated demands for a demilitarized southern Syria and noted that the government is considering allowing Syrian Druze to work in the Golan.

Syria condemned on Tuesday Israel's incursion into its territories and called for Israel to withdraw, according to a the closing statement of a national dialogue summit organised by Syria's new Islamist rulers to outline the country's political roadmap.

Expelling the Jews from their land, they renamed Judea as Palestine. Over the centuries, this term was accepted by Jews themselves. The Land of Israel and Palestine became synonymous.But in the 1920s,

MANY of the basic problems of life defy complete solution. The Jewish problem is one of these. It is made up of so many complex elements -- religious, moral, political, economic, social, racial, historical -- that it is a difficult task even to formulate it,

Palestine, Syria and Lebanon are the focus of the new informal co-ordination group established on Sunday by the IMF, World Bank, Arab Co-ordination Group, and regional countries, according to the International Monetary Fund’s Middle East director.

"We are prepared in defense because even during the ceasefire we received information that they were plotting to attack soldiers and attack settlements; that is Hamas."

J ordanians came out in their tens of thousands to hail their king as a hero. On February 13th state television broadcast their cheers for King Abdullah on his return from Washington, where he defied American and Israeli pressure to accept waves of Gazan refugees. “Jordan is Jordan, not Palestine,” rang out their cry.