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.
World Nov 26 Israel bombards central Beirut as its leadership prepares to vote on ceasefire with Hezbollah Tuesday's strike leveled a building, and authorities say at least three people were killed. It was not immediately clear if anyone in particular was targeted.
World Nov 24 Hezbollah fires hundreds of rockets, projectiles into Israel in retaliation for Beirut strikes Hezbollah fired about 250 rockets and other projectiles into Israel on Sunday, wounding seven people in one of the militant group's heaviest barrages in months, in response to deadly Israeli strikes in Beirut while negotiators pressed on with cease-fire efforts…
World Nov 20 Israeli officials say under any cease-fire deal they'll demand the right to strike Hezbollah Israeli officials have demanded freedom to strike Hezbollah in Lebanon as part of any emerging cease-fire deal between the sides, raising a potential complication as a top U.S. envoy was in the region attempting to clinch an agreement.
World Nov 19 U.S. envoy says truce in Israel-Hezbollah war 'within our grasp' as conflict in Gaza continues Amos Hochstein, the Biden administration's point man on Israel and Lebanon, arrived on Tuesday as Hezbollah's allies in the Lebanese government said it had responded positively to the proposal.