World Mar 22 Retaliatory Israeli strike kills 2 people in southern Lebanon, health ministry says Israel struck Lebanon on Saturday in retaliation for rockets targeting Israel, killing two, including a child, in the heaviest exchange of fire since its ceasefire with the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah almost four months ago.
World Mar 08 More than 1,000 people in Syria have died in 2 days of clashes and revenge killings, monitors say The death toll from two days of clashes between Syrian security forces and loyalists of ousted President Bashar Assad and revenge killings that followed has risen to more than 1,000, a war monitoring group said Saturday, making it one of…
World Feb 18 Villagers begin to return to southern Lebanon as Israeli army withdraws under ceasefire deal Israeli forces have withdrawn from border villages in southern Lebanon under a deadline spelled out in a U.S.-brokered ceasefire agreement that ended the latest Israel-Hezbollah war.
World Feb 03 Trump's aid freeze leads to uncertainty in Syrian detention camp holding families linked to Islamic State The Trump administration’s unprecedented freeze on foreign aid has caused chaos and uncertainty in a camp holding thousands of people with alleged links to the Islamic State group in Syria.
World Dec 09 Syrian prime minister says government is still functioning but challenges loom Syria's prime minister said Monday that most cabinet ministers are still working from offices in Damascus after rebels entered the capital over the weekend and overthrew President Bashar Assad.
World Dec 08 Syrian government falls to rebel offensive in stunning end to Assad family's 50-year rule Ousted Syrian leader Bashar Assad fled to Moscow and received asylum from his longtime ally, Russian media said Sunday, hours after a stunning rebel advance seized control of Damascus and ended his family’s 50 years of iron rule.
World Dec 07 Syrian insurgents have reached the gates of the capital city of Damascus, reports say Insurgents' stunning march across Syria accelerated Saturday with news that they had reached the gates of the capital and that government forces had abandoned the central city of Homs. The government was forced to deny rumors that President Bashar Assad…
World Dec 06 Thousands flee as Syrian rebels advance on Homs, the country's third-largest city If President Bashar Assad’s military loses Homs, it could be a crippling blow. The city, parts of which were controlled by insurgents until 2014, stands at an important intersection between Damascus and Syria’s coastal provinces of Latakia and Tartus, where…
World Dec 05 Syrian insurgents deal another setback to Assad by capturing central city of Hama Syrian insurgents have swept into the central city of Hama after days of intense clashes with government forces.
World Dec 03 The key players in Syria's long-running civil war Syria’s long civil war has reclaimed global attention after insurgents seized most of its largest city and dozens of nearby towns and villages.