A global watchdog report says European Union aid sent to Lebanon in an attempt to regulate migration by sea is funding practices that violate human rights
September 04, 2024
Hezbollah’s leader warned that the militant group's conflict with Israel has entered a “new phase.”
August 01, 2024
Two back-to-back strikes in Beirut and Tehran targeted high-ranking figures in Hezbollah and Hamas and have been attributed to Israel
August 01, 2024
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that Israel "will exact a heavy price from any aggression against us on any front.”
July 31, 2024
The helicopter crash that killed Iran’s president and foreign minister has sent shock waves around the region
May 19, 2024
The European Union has announced an aid package for Lebanon of 1 billion euros — about $1.06 billion — that will mostly go to strengthening border control to halt the flow of asylum seekers and migrants from the small, crisis-wracked country across the Mediterranean Sea to Cyprus and Italy
May 02, 2024
French Foreign Minister Stéphane Séjourné has arrived in Lebanon as part of diplomatic attempts to broker a de-escalation in the conflict on the Lebanon-Israel border
April 28, 2024
Amnesty International says it has documented widespread abuses, including torture and deprivation of medical care, in detention facilities holding thousands of suspected Islamic State members and their relatives in northeast Syria
April 17, 2024
Three and a half years after hundreds of tons of improperly stored ammonium nitrate ignited at the Beirut port, setting off one of the world’s biggest non-nuclear explosions, Lebanese and French officials have put forward a plan for reconstruction and reorganization of the port
March 13, 2024
A U.S. strike in Baghdad that killed a commander with the powerful Kataib Hezbollah paramilitary group this week highlighted the ambiguous status of the country’s Iran-allied armed factions
February 08, 2024
Iraq's prime minister says his government and the United States have held a first session of formal talks in Baghdad aimed at winding down the mission of a U.S.-led military coalition formed to fight the Islamic State group in Iraq
January 27, 2024
The World Bank says the ripple effects of the war in Gaza are likely to knock Lebanon’s fragile economy back into recession
December 21, 2023
A British Palestinian surgeon who spent weeks in the Gaza Strip during the current Israel-Hamas war as part of a Doctors Without Borders medical team says he's given testimony to a British war crimes investigation unit
December 09, 2023
The head of the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees says there's no safe haven in Gaza for civilians — not even U.N. shelters and “safe zones” designated by Israel
December 06, 2023
A cautious calm has prevailed over the border area in south Lebanon
November 25, 2023
Germany to install missile defence systems on new government jets, Spiegel reports
US bond funds draw inflows for a 16th straight week
Russians unfazed by higher prices as iPhone pre-order demand soars
Britain's Lammy holds emergency meeting over Lebanon
US FDA approves Zevra's treatment for rare genetic disease
WNBA round-up: Playoff picture set as record-breaking regular season comes to a close
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