New Leaders in Lebanon Face Test as Israel Is Poised to Keep Troops There
Any prolonged Israeli occupation of southern Lebanon could breathe new life into Hezbollah, challenging the political ...
Israel Appears Poised to Keep Its Troops in Lebanon Beyond Deadline
Israel and Hezbollah agreed to withdraw from southern Lebanon, but Israel says that Hezbollah hasn’t upheld its promise and ...
UN refugee chief calls for more help for Syria as refugees begin to return en masse
The United Nations refugee chief said Saturday that some 200,000 refugees have returned to Syria from neighboring countries ...
U.N. refugee chief calls for cooperation to secure return of Syrians to homeland
U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi called Thursday for cooperation between Syria's new authorities, host ...
Footballer who was blinded during Syrian civil war graduates from University of Bristol
Maher Fattouh was caught in a car bomb explosion and could not speak any English - but has now graduated with a masters ...
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Saudi FM in Syria for first visit since Assad's ouster
Saudi Arabia's top diplomat said Friday the kingdom was seeking to help Syria's new authorities secure the lifting of ...
Middle East latest: Israeli forces may not pull out of Lebanon on time, Netanyahu says
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suggested Friday that his county’s military might not withdraw all of its forces ...
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A century of chaos in Syria
From this brief mandate, Syria inherited a parliamentary system modeled after France’s, but political parties were little ...
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Don’t Let Geopolitics Ruin Syria’s Transition
The rebel offensive benefited from careful preparation and the support of Turkey, which occupies territory in Syria’s north ...
Middle East latest: 4 Israeli women soldiers will be next hostages freed from Gaza
Under the terms of the fragile Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal , fighting will be halted in Gaza for at least six weeks. Dozens ...
Middle East latest: Hamas names next 4 hostages it plans to release
Hamas has announced the names of the next four hostages it will release this weekend as part of a ceasefire deal with Israel.
Syrian who was blinded during war graduates from top UK university
A Syrian footballer who lost his eyesight while fleeing his war-torn home country has graduated from university in the UK. In 2014, Maher Fattouh, then aged 21, was caught in a bomb explosion as he ...