Military pressing full steam ahead with effort to develop credible threat against Tehran's nuclear facilities, while also preparing for next potential Gaza conflict

Military correspondent Judah Ari Gross reports on alleged overnight IDF attacks; movie critic Jordan Hoffman offers the best of this year's Jewish cinema -- plus one TV fave

A day after PM announces major development initiative for area, Damascus accuses Israel of 'grave and methodological violations that rise to the level of war crimes'

According to figures compiled by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, 1,505 of the casualties were civilians and among those 360 were children

State-run media claims most missiles shot down during overnight attack, but admits one fatality and material damage to unspecified sites

Current and former officials say deaths caused by Talon Anvil were collateral damage, but other sources say unit 'circumvented rules imposed to protect noncombatants'

Geir Pedersen, in Damascus with Foreign Minister Mekdad: 'My message is that there is another possibility... to start to move forward,' after a decade of civil war

Regional leaders reengage with former rivals after two decades defined by war and political upheaval, as American forces withdraw from Iraq and Afghanistan

Damascus summit is latest sign that some Middle East countries are moving to reengage with Assad regime after distancing themselves over brutal civil war

Syrian Jews from Brooklyn visit synagogue in Damascus, call trip 'extremely normal'; expert says Assad welcoming foreigners to boost reconstruction