The violence in the border area marks increased friction between Israel and Syria. At least six people have been killed in an Israeli attack on Koya in southern Syria, the country’s foreign ministry says. The Israeli military said the attack on Tuesday took place after armed fighters opened fire towards Israeli troops, without specifying whether the Israeli forces were located within Syrian territory when they were targeted. It...

Amal Shabat is delirious with pain. She is weeping, still unable to grasp that her 23-year-old son has been killed by Israel, exactly as he always said he would die – a “martyr” who sacrificed himself to make sure the world knew what was happening in Gaza. She tries the words haltingly: “My son is a martyr, Hossam… My son is a hero.” Hossam Shabat, Al Jazeera Mubasher...