Middle East

Juroud Arsal (Lebanon): The barren, rocky hilltops that form Hezbollah's new front line with militants at the Syrian-Lebanese border were tough to...

Beirut: The United States will give Lebanon an extra $140 million to help Syrian refugees and the communities hosting them, the State Department said during...

Beirut: Iran will reciprocate if the United States imposes new sanctions on it, President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday according to state media, casting...

Beirut/Youngstown (Ohio): Iran will respond if the U.S. government passes new sanctions, deputy foreign minister Abbas Araqchi said Wednesday, according to...

Paris: Libyan Prime Minister Fayez Al Serraj and the divided country's eastern commander Khalifa Haftar committed to a conditional ceasefire and to work...

Damascus: Syria views a U.S. decision to halt CIA support to rebel groups fighting to topple President Bashar Al Assad as a "start" towards ending...

Beirut: Air strikes killed at least nine people in the Eastern Ghouta area near Damascus overnight and insurgent shelling from the rebel-held area landed...

Occupied Jerusalem: An Israeli embassy security guard shot dead a Jordanian who attacked him with a screwdriver at Israel's embassy compound in Amman...

Beirut: Hezbollah said its forces seized a strategic valley from militants on Monday, the latest advance in an offensive to oust them from their last...

Cairo: The head of Libya's U.N.-backed government will hold talks in Paris this week with a powerful military commander who has so far rejected his...