When the leader of Syria shook hands with U.S. President Donald Trump, it was a striking moment for a man who was an al-Qaida ...

Lebanon is making a major effort to bring tourists from nearby Gulf states back now that reforms are in place.

One person was killed in a series of Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon on Thursday, in the latest violation of a ...

MP Ghayath Yazbek of the Strong Republic bloc said that insisting on holding onto weapons only weakens the Lebanese state's ...

The map below shows the location of Beirut and Singapore. The blue line represents the straight line joining these two place. The distance shown is the straight line or the air travel distance between ...

Israeli military strikes killed at least 85 people in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, Palestinian medics said, as the United States and Arab mediators pushed for a ceasefire deal and U.S. President ...

BEIRUT--Hearings in the $1 billion lawsuit filed by auto tycoon Carlos Ghosn against Nissan and other defendants started in Beirut on Monday with lawyers of both sides meeting the judge in ...

Over the past few days, Israel has conducted airstrikes across Syria, the military confirmed, which the HTS-led Syrian Foreign Ministry condemned.

The Court of Justice of the European Union General Court (EUCJ) ruled on Wednesday that the European Commission (EC)’s refusal to give the New York Times access to communication exchanges between the ...

On May 6, 2017, Haniyeh was elected chairman of Hamas' Political Bureau. Regarding the strike in Beirut, local media reported an explosion in the Haret Hreik area, although It was unclear whether ...

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If the Kurds do succeed in establishing an independent state in Syria amid the chaos gripping the region, it could accelerate secessionist movements in other Kurdish areas of the Middle East.