World Dec 11 Syrians search morgues for signs of loved ones who died in Assad’s prisons Many bodies have been found in Syrian detention centers and prisons since President Bashar al-Assad's government fell.
Politics Jan 09 Hezbollah launches drone strike on base in northern Israel. Israel’s military says there’s no damage Hezbollah says it launched a drone strike at the Israeli army's northern headquarters in retaliation for recent strikes in Lebanon that killed top Hamas and Hezbollah officials.
World Jul 29 Wildfire rages for 2nd day in Lebanon, spreads to Syria Lebanon's civil defense says it deployed 25 firetrucks, supported by four air force helicopters and military units, to put out the blaze. But the fires continued to rage, spreading east.
World Dec 15 Lebanese burn ruling parties’ offices after night of clashes The overnight confrontations in Beirut left more than 130 people injured, according to the Red Cross and the Lebanese Civil Defense.
World Jun 30 Tens of thousands protest army rule in Sudan Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets in Sudan’s capital and elsewhere in the country on Sunday calling for civilian rule nearly three months after the army forced out long-ruling autocrat Omar al-Bashir.
World Jun 23 Sudan’s protesters accept roadmap for civilian rule Sudan’s protest movement accepted an Ethiopian roadmap for a civilian-led transitional government, a spokesman said on Sunday, after a months-long standoff with the country’s military rulers — who did not immediately commit to the plan.
World Jun 15 US diplomat wants ‘credible’ probe into Sudan crackdown The top U.S. diplomat to Africa said there must be an “independent and credible” investigation into the Sudanese military’s violent dispersal of a protest camp in the capital earlier this month, and the ruling military council said it would announce…