Cross-border warfare between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon escalated into a full-scale war in September 2024. Despite a November ceasefire, Israeli forces have conducted near-daily attacks in ...

Former Beirut hostage Sir Terry Waite has been recalling how news from the BBC World Service was tapped out in code on a wall ...

Israeli soldiers kidnapped two Syrian agricultural workers when they raided houses in a southern Lebanon border area at dawn on Wednesday, as US special envoy Tom Barrack wrapped up a high-stakes ...

A Syrian-American man of the Druze religious minority was killed in southern Syria when he got caught up in sectarian clashes ...

A fact-finding committee presented findings on a wave of sectarian killings earlier this year. Human rights experts said the ...

A U.S. envoy has urged Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa to recalibrate his policies and embrace a more inclusive approach ...

A fire, a warehouse, and 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate. The Beirut explosion wasn’t just a tragedy—it was the result of years of corruption and neglect.

US envoy Thomas Barrack’s talks in Lebanon have yielded no breakthrough on the implementation of a troubled ceasefire agreed ...

A U.S. envoy doubled down on Washington’s support for Syria’s new government, saying Monday there is “no Plan B” to working with it to unite the country still reeling from years of civil war and ...

Juventus are increasingly closer to landing Manchester United outcast Jadon Sancho, but still have one last remaining hurdle ...

Syria's new government sent troops to quell fighting between the Druze religious minority and Sunni Muslim tribes. Then Israel intervened, bombing Damascus.

The clashes have increased skepticism in some communities about the ability of Syria's new leaders to assert control.