Timeline:1987-1988 - Joins Hamas, during the first intifada. 1988 - Imprisoned for six months. 1989 - Sentenced to three years in prison. 1992 - Released from prison and deported to Lebanon. December ...

With an Israel-Hamas cease-fire set to begin, the shock waves from their war have reshaped the region in unexpected ways. By Erika Solomon Israel’s 15-month bombardment of Gaza has destroyed much of ...

GAZA CITY — Ismail Haniya, who led the radical Islamic group Hamas to a stunning victory in Palestinian parliamentary elections, was tapped Tuesday to assemble a new government and serve as its prime ...

GAZA CITY — First up was Al Jazeera. Then came the BBC. Ismail Haniya, the voice and face of the Islamist group Hamas, was hustled from one interview to the next, flanked by watchful, bearded ...

Ismail Haniya, the prime minister of the Islamist Hamas movement in power in the Gaza Strip, said on Saturday he was "ready to resign." "I am prepared to tender my resignation as part of the ...

There is nothing like a tour of Gaza City to show the clash of styles between the old Palestinian guard and Hamas, the Islamic militant group that swept January’s legislative elections. First stop: ...

Hamas has arrested the suspected murderer of one of its key military commanders in Gaza, the Palestinian Islamist movement's leader said Thursday, while maintaining Israel was behind the March ...

The State Department officials has Ismail Haniya, the head of the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, on the official U.S. terrorist blacklist in a move likely to further inflame tensions between ...

Here is a look at Ismail Haniyeh, Hamas leader in Gaza. 1987-1988 – Joins Hamas, during the first intifada. 1988 – Imprisoned for six months. 1989 – Sentenced to three years in prison. 1992 – Released ...

Following successful reconciliation talks between Fatah and Hamas in Cairo, Gaza prime minister expresses his readiness to resign to end divisions Ismail Haniya, the prime minister of the Islamist ...

Here is a look at Ismail Haniyeh, Hamas leader in Gaza. 1987-1988 – Joins Hamas, during the first intifada. 1988 – Imprisoned for six months. 1989 – Sentenced to three years in prison. 1992 – Released ...