World Mar 10 Syria's worst violence in months reopens wounds of the country's 13-year civil war The attack Thursday near the port city of Latakia reopened the wounds of the country’s 13-year civil war and sparked the worst violence Syria has seen since December, when insurgents led by the Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, or HTS,…
World Feb 08 War-torn Lebanon establishes its first full government in more than 2 years President Joseph Aoun announced in a statement that he had accepted the resignation of the former caretaker government and signed a decree with new Prime Minister Nawaf Salam forming the new government.
World Feb 03 At least 19 people, mostly women, killed in latest car bomb attack in Syria A hospital worker says at least 19 people are dead after the latest car bomb exploded on the outskirts of a northern Syrian city.
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 25 Israeli military says it won't withdraw from Lebanon by deadline, sets up roadblocks The deal that went into effect in late November gave both sides 60 days to remove their forces from southern Lebanon and for the Lebanese army to move in and secure the area, along with U.N. peacekeepers.
World Dec 09 Syrian rebels free prisoners from Assad's notorious dungeons, celebrate in Damascus streets Tens of thousands of people held in Syria's notorious prisons have been freed in the 10 days since the insurgents began their lightning advance across the country that ended with the toppling of President Bashar Assad.
World Dec 08 Who is Abu Mohammed al-Golani, the leader of Syria's insurgency that toppled Assad? Abu Mohammed al-Golani, the militant leader whose stunning insurgency toppled Syria’s President Bashar Assad, has spent years working to remake his public image, renouncing longtime ties to al-Qaida and depicting himself as a champion of pluralism and tolerance. The extent of that transformation…
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 01 Syria launches counterattacks against insurgents as Iran's top diplomat meets with Assad The Syrian military rushed reinforcements to the northwest and launched airstrikes Sunday in an attempt to push back insurgents who seized the country’s largest city of Aleppo, as Iran pledged to help the government counter the surprise offensive.
World Nov 26 Netanyahu says he supports cease-fire agreement with Lebanon's Hezbollah Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he will recommend his Cabinet adopt a United States-brokered ceasefire agreement with Lebanon’s Hezbollah.