Lebanon’s soul has been eviscerated by its financial crisis. Not even the children want to play
He shakes his head. He doesn't want to join the other children decorating the tree we've brought in. "Why not?"...
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Israel announces plan to double Golan Heights population, drawing Syria condemnation
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett made the announcement at a special Cabinet meeting held in the Golan Heights on Sunday....
Flash floods in northern Iraq kill 12 people
Videos posted to social media show muddy waters flooding streets and homes in the city of Erbil, the capital of...
Hamas ammunition warehouse explodes causing casualties in southern Lebanon
"Sounds of explosions were heard in the al-Burj al-Shamali camp for Palestinian refugees, east of Tyre, in one of the...
Suspected car-ramming attack by Palestinian teen highlights rising tensions, amid questions over Israeli police actions
This is the latest in a series of violent incidents in the West Bank and Jerusalem, which are prompting concern...
We know who is attacking us and we know how to get even, says Israel’s cyber defense chief
So important is their mission that the room where they track cyberattacks 24 hours a day, seven days a week,...
US officials say humanitarian effort in Syria is another means to counter ISIS
The visits are done in partnership with the Syrian Defense Forces, (SDF) which operate in the region alongside the US...
Extreme winds in Turkey kill 6 and injure 52
Four of the fatalities were in Turkey's commercial hub of Istanbul, home to 16 million people, and three of the...
Iraqi Prime Minister survives assassination attempt
Al-Kadhimi went on to Twitter moments after the attack and called for "calm and restraint from everyone." "Thank God, I...
Bomb attack on Syrian military bus in Damascus kills 14
A third explosive device was also found at the scene of the attack on Hafez al-Assad bridge but was dismantled,...
British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe loses court appeal
"Nazanin's lawyer was called today by the Judiciary and informed that the appeal on her second case failed," the Free...
Beirut’s worst street violence in more than a decade kills at least 6
Hundreds of supporters of Iran-backed Hezbollah and its main Shia ally, Amal, were marching toward the Lebanese capital's Palace of...
ISIS finance chief captured by Iraqi forces, Iraq PM says
Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi did not disclose details of the operation, however in a statement posted to Twitter, he said...
Train collision in Tunisian capital injures 33
TAP said a passenger train collided with a stationary train near Megrine Riadh station in the Tunisian capital, according to Hassen...
Hezbollah threatened top judge probing Beirut port blast, source says
High-ranking Hezbollah official Wafiq Safa issued the threat to Judge Tarek Bitar through an unnamed intermediary, who relayed the contents...
New Lebanon PM seeks ‘quick fixes’ to help the country
In his first interview with an international media outlet since forming a government a week ago, Mikati acknowledged that some...
Iran says it will allow UN nuclear watchdog to service monitoring equipment
The agreement comes ahead of a key IAEA meeting on Monday -- and has been touted as a sign that...
Israeli police recapture four of six escaped Palestinian prisoners
The first two were arrested on Friday evening in Nazareth, about 30 kilometers (18 miles) from the Gilboa prison where...
Lebanon gets a new government, its first since last year’s deadly port blast
Prime Minister Najib Mikati, a billionaire who has already twice served as premier, will lead a cabinet of ministers that...
Syrian oil spill spreads across the Mediterranean
Syrian officials said last week that a tank filled with 15,000 tons of fuel had been leaking since August 23...
