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Syria, Lebanon pledge firm ties after years of tensions
Jan 11, 2025
Damascus — Syria's new ruler and Lebanon's prime minister pledged on Saturday to build lasting ties during the first visit by a Lebanese head of government to Damascus since the start of the civil war in 2011. Prime Minister Najib Mikati's trip came after Islamist-led rebels seized Damascus last month, bringing an end to the rule of Bashar al- ...
Lebanon army chief Aoun becomes president after two-year void
Jan 09, 2025
Beirut, Lebanon — Lebanon's lawmakers on Thursday elected army chief Joseph Aoun as p ...
UN migration agency appeals for $73 mn in aid for Syria
Jan 09, 2025
GENEVA - The UN migration agency on Thursday expanded an aid appeal for Syria to over ...
Lebanon's presidential frontrunner Joseph Aoun, respected army chief
Jan 09, 2025
BEIRUT — Lebanese army Chief Joseph Aoun, the frontrunner in Thursday's vote for president, is a political neophyte but is expected to benef ...
Red Cross urges unhindered aid access to flood-hit and freezing Gaza
Jan 08, 2025
 GENEVA — The Red Cross called Wednesday for safe and unhindered access to Gaza to bring desperately needed aid into the war-torn Pales ...
US says forces struck Huthi weapons stores in Yemen
Jan 08, 2025
 SANAA — The US military said Wednesday its forces hit weapons storage facilities used by Yemen's Huthi rebels to attack American warsh ...
UN calls for $370 mn in new humanitarian aid for Lebanon
Jan 08, 2025
UNITED NATIONS, UNITED STATES — The United Nations joined the Lebanese government on Tuesday to appeal for an additional $371.4 million in h ...
Erdogan warns no place for 'terrorist' groups in Syria
Jan 07, 2025
 ISTANBUL — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday said there was no place for "terrorist organisations" in Syria under its ...
Blinken 'confident' Gaza ceasefire to come, either under Biden or after
Jan 06, 2025
SEOUL — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken voiced confidence Monday that a ceasefire deal in Gaza would come together, but possibly after ...
Gaza rescuers say 23 dead in latest Israeli strikes
Jan 05, 2025
GAZA STRIP, Palestinian Territories — Israel pounded the Gaza Strip on Sunday, killing at least 23 people according to rescuers, nearly 15 m ...
Syria monitor reports blasts at arms depots near Damascus
Jan 05, 2025
SYRIA — A Syria war monitor said explosions on Sunday rocked an area near Damascus housing weapons depots used by the toppled government of ...
Red Cross says determining fate of Syria's missing 'huge challenge'
Jan 05, 2025
DAMASCUS — Determining the fate of those who went missing during Syria's civil war will be a massive task likely to take years, the presiden ...
Gaza rescuers says 26 killed in Israeli strikes
Jan 04, 2025
GAZA Strip, Palestinian Territories — Rescuers in Gaza said on Saturday that Israeli strikes across the Palestinian territory killed at leas ...
Syria intelligence says thwarted Daesh attempt to bomb Shiite shrine
Jan 11, 2025
Egypt top diplomat meets PLO, urges Palestinian unity
Jan 09, 2025
Lebanon leaders in talks for new bid to elect president
Jan 08, 2025
Gaza rescuers say 14 killed in Israel strikes
Jan 08, 2025
Israel military says missile from Yemen intercepted
Jan 05, 2025
After Ocalan meet, Turkey opposition MPs brief Speaker, far-right leader
Jan 02, 2025
Iran confirms arrest of Italian journalist Cecilia Sala-- state media
Dec 30, 2024
Syria monitor says weapons depot blast kills 11
Dec 29, 2024
'No more fear': Stand-up comedy returns to post-Assad Syria
Dec 26, 2024
Israel says intercepted projectile fired from Yemen
Dec 24, 2024
Khamenei says Iran does not have or need regional proxy forces
Dec 22, 2024
20 migrants die in shipwreck off Tunisia, five rescued - coastguard
Dec 19, 2024
EU to 'step up direct engagement' with Syria leaders: Von der Leyen
Dec 17, 2024
Hamas says Gaza truce talks in Doha 'serious and positive'
Dec 17, 2024
Syria chemical weapons: 'large quantities' and major questions
Dec 10, 2024
Turkey braces for surge of Syrian refugees heading home
Dec 10, 2024
UN General Assembly pushes for Palestinian state
Dec 04, 2024
Turkey, Iraq hold high-level talks over Syria
Dec 03, 2024
Lebanon state media says Israeli fire wounds two journalists in south
Nov 27, 2024
UN calls on parties to 'accept a ceasefire' in Lebanon
Nov 25, 2024
UN envoy says 'extremely critical' to avoid Syria being dragged into war
Nov 24, 2024
West Bank city buries three Palestinians killed in Israeli raids
Nov 21, 2024

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