Russia has claimed two new east Ukrainian villages, fighting fiercely against the Ukrainian forces, who struggle to hold the Russian troops back.

The documentary is about the strategic village of Taybeh in the south of Lebanon, what happened to it in the 33-day war, what the Israeli army did in those days and resistance forces' reactions.

An Israeli court has ordered Palestinian residents of a village in the Negev desert to destroy their homes and leave the area by next March to make way for the expansion of a nearby Israeli city.

Dozens of armed Israeli settlers raid a village north of the city of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, setting Palestinians' homes and vehicles on fire.

US occupation forces have carried out a troop airdrop operation in Syria's northeastern province of Hasakah, killing at least one civilian and injuring several others.

Israeli settlers raided Palestinians working on their land, wounding at least five people and torching vehicles.

Israeli military forces have shot dead two Palestinians and injured another during a raid on a village near the West Bank city of Nablus.