World Nov 05 Local officials say an Israeli airstrike killed a woman and 3 children in south Lebanon Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency reported that two civilian cars carrying members of the same family — one of them a local journalist — were driving between the towns of Ainata and Aitaroun on Sunday when they were hit by…
World Oct 20 In Lebanon, thousands are displaced from border towns by clashes, straining state resources More than 4,200 people have been displaced from villages in south Lebanon by clashes on the border with Israel, and local officials say they are ill-prepared for the much larger exodus if the the limited conflict escalates to an all-out…
World Oct 17 5 Hezbollah fighters are killed as tensions flare along the border between Lebanon and Israel Israeli forces and armed groups in Lebanon on Tuesday continued to engage in low-level skirmishes since the outbreak of the latest war in Gaza.
World Jul 20 Diplomatic crisis erupts between Iraq and Sweden over Iraqi man who desecrated the Quran Protesters stormed the diplomatic post early Thursday, waving flags and signs showing the influential Iraqi Shiite cleric and political leader Muqtada al-Sadr, and set a small fire. The attack on the embassy came ahead of a planned burning of the…
World Feb 06 Deadly earthquake worsens suffering of Syrians displaced by war In both government and opposition-controlled areas of northern Syria, buildings weakened by years of bombings were particularly vulnerable to this new shock.
World Jan 18 Syrian refugees face quick deportation after reaching Lebanon A boat carrying more than 200 would-be migrants, most of them Syrians, sank off the coast of Lebanon on New Year’s Eve.
World Dec 17 Morocco’s finish in the World Cup playoffs is bittersweet for Arab fans Morocco’s fans in the Arab world took the North African team’s 2-1 loss to Croatia in Saturday’s World Cup third-place playoff philosophically. The team had already made history, becoming the first Arab and first African team to reach the semifinals…
World Nov 23 Erdogan vows ground invasion of Syria, Kurds prepare response Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed Wednesday to order a land invasion of northern Syria targeting Kurdish groups, amid yearslong border violence and repeated Turkish incursions.
World Oct 30 Lebanon’s president leaves with no replacement amid political, economic crisis President Michel Aoun left Lebanon's presidential palace Sunday, marking the end of his six-year term without a replacement, leaving the small nation in a political vacuum that is likely to worsen its historic economic meltdown.