World Jul 29 Lebanon military court convicts 6 for killing UN peacekeeper in 2022 Lebanon’s military court has convicted six people for killing a U.N. peacekeeper, according to the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon.
World Jul 25 Militant Georges Abdallah arrives in Lebanon after more than 40 years in French detention He became eligible for parole in 1999 but multiple requests he filed since then were denied.
World Jul 22 Over 1,400, mostly civilians, were killed in sectarian violence in coastal Syria in March, government says The violence was the first major incident to emerge after the ouster of longtime President Bashar Assad in December.
World Jul 21 U.S. envoy to Syria doubles down on support for new government and criticizes Israel’s intervention Barrack suggested that Israel would prefer to see Syria fragmented and divided rather than a strong central state in control of the country.
World Jul 18 Druze-Bedouin clashes reignite after government forces pull out of southern Syria Syrian government forces prepared to return to a southern region Friday after renewed clashes broke out between Druze armed groups and members of Bedouin clans, leaving tens of thousands of people displaced in a worsening humanitarian crisis.
World Jul 15 Syria announces ceasefire after latest outbreak of sectarian violence kills dozens A Britain-based observatory says 135 people have been killed over 48 hours, including two women and two children.
World Jul 14 Israel strikes military tanks in southern Syria Israel’s army said Monday it has struck military tanks in southern Syria, where government forces and Bedouin tribes clashed with Druze militias.
World Jan 26 Lebanon, Israel agree to extend troop withdrawal deadline after Israeli forces fired on protestors Israeli forces in southern Lebanon on Sunday opened fire on protesters demanding their withdrawal in line with a ceasefire agreement, killing at least 22 and injuring 124, Lebanese health officials reported.
World Jan 06 Residents of Syria’s Quneitra are frustrated by lack of action to halt Israeli incursions Israeli forces entered the area — which lies in a U.N.-patrolled buffer zone in the Golan Heights that was established by a 1974 ceasefire agreement between Syria and Israel — soon after the fall of President Bashar Assad last month…
World Dec 26 Uneasy calm, heightened security after flare-up of violence in Syrian city of Homs Syria's new security forces checked IDs and searched cars in the central city of Homs on Thursday, a day after protests by members of the Alawite minority erupted in gunfire and stirred fears that the country's fragile peace could break down.