Khaled Yacoub Oweis

Mr Hamsho is a central figure in Assad regime's business network and was previously seen as untouchable

Military says it assassinated the leader of the group's financial division and will not allow the militants to 'regroup and rearm'

Khaled Meshaal led Hamas's exit from Syria and sought to keep channels with Arab allies of Washington open

Target said to have been a Hezbollah weapons depot

Silence from Damascus since group's leader was killed signals President has much to worry about

Mustafa Hamarneh tells The National that people on both sides who want to co-exist could create a 'paradigm shift'

The attack comes a day after an Israeli missile strike on a building in Damascus killed ten people

The Israeli military is upping pressure in an attempt to prevent Syria becoming another active front in the fighting

Houthi militia started attacks in the water way, home to kingdom's only port, shortly after Gaza war began

The war in Gaza and Lebanon has changed the region's geopolitics and the lives of its people

Marwan Muasher, who helped negotiate the country’s peace treaty with Israel, says Jordan cannot afford another Palestinian refugee wave

Lebanese group says successor to long-time head will be appointed soon

The Houthis have surprised some defence analysts this year with extremely long range missile and drone attacks on Israel

The name of Hashem Safieddine, a religious figure with operational experience, is being circulated, but his ascendancy is not assured

Leader transformed militant group into a transnational power, but what happens next is difficult to predict