just prior to the more no-nonsense Bauhaus design sweeping Tel Aviv and giving it the moniker “The White City.” We stayed in a 25-sq. m. corner room with a balcony and wrap-around windows.

Rebel forces in Syria are building a transitional government after toppling the regime of President Bashar Assad in a lightning-quick advance across the country.

The Houthis claimed responsibility for the strike in the Jaffa area and celebrated the Israel Defense Forces’ failed attempt ...