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KAREEM CHEHAYEB,

KAREEM CHEHAYEB,

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MidEast|Political|World

Israeli strikes kill 9 in southwestern Syria

Syrian state media has reported that at least nine people in southwestern Syria have been killed in Israeli strikes

Israeli strikes kill 9 in southwestern Syria
MidEast|Political|World

Israel strikes a building in southern Beirut, killing at least 4 people

The Israeli military says it struck a building in Beirut's southern suburbs, killing at least four people

Israel strikes a building in southern Beirut, killing at least 4 people
Business|Economy|MidEast|Political

Lebanon appoints new central bank governor as it works to climb out of economic crisis

Lebanon has appointed asset manager Karim Souaid to the post of central bank governor Thursday as the government tries to reform the economy after months of war and decades of mismanagement and corruption

MidEast|Political|World

Israeli strikes in southwestern Syria kill 6 people as troops clash with residents

Syria's Foreign Ministry says an Israeli strike in a southwestern village has killed at least six people as Israeli troops occupying the area clashed with local residents

Crime|MidEast|Political|World

Lebanon and Syria agree to ceasefire after 2 days of border clashes, Syrian defense ministry says

Syria’s state-run SANA news agency reports that Lebanese and Syrian defense officials have reached an agreement on a ceasefire to halt two days of clashes along the border

Crime|MidEast|Political|World

Syria's government signs a breakthrough deal with Kurdish-led authorities in the northeast

Syria’s interim government has reached a deal with the Kurdish-led authority that controls the country’s northeast

Syria's government signs a breakthrough deal with Kurdish-led authorities in the northeast
MidEast|Political|World

Syria's worst violence in months reopens wounds of the civil war

An ambush on a Syrian security patrol by gunmen loyal to ousted leader Bashar Assad escalated into clashes that a war monitor estimates have killed more than 1,000 people over four days

Syria's worst violence in months reopens wounds of the civil war
Economy|MidEast|Political|World

War-torn Lebanon forms its first government in over 2 years to end deadlock

Lebanon’s new prime minister has formed the country’s first full-fledged government since 2022

War-torn Lebanon forms its first government in over 2 years to end deadlock
MidEast|Political|World

22 reported killed in Lebanon before agreement to extend deadline for Israeli forces to withdraw

Israeli forces in southern Lebanon have opened fire on protesters demanding their withdrawal in line with a ceasefire agreement, killing at least 22 and injuring scores

22 reported killed in Lebanon before agreement to extend deadline for Israeli forces to withdraw
Economy|MidEast|World

Syria's economic pains far from over despite Assad's ouster

Despite Syrian President Bashar Assad's ouster last month in a lightning insurgency, the country’s dire economic conditions haven't changed

Economy|MidEast|Political|World

Saudi foreign minister makes first official trip to Lebanon in a decade after years of strained ties

Saudi Arabia’s top diplomat has visited Lebanon for the first time in a decade following years of strained relations between the oil-rich kingdom and the tiny Mediterranean country

Saudi foreign minister makes first official trip to Lebanon in a decade after years of strained ties
MidEast|News|Political|World

As Israel battles Hamas, all eyes are on Hezbollah, the wild card on its northern border

Will Lebanon’s heavily armed Hezbollah militia join the Israel-Hamas war

As Israel battles Hamas, all eyes are on Hezbollah, the wild card on its northern border
MidEast|News|World

Hezbollah destroys Israeli surveillance cameras along the Lebanese border as tension soars

Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group said Monday it has started destroying surveillance cameras on several Israeli army posts along the border as tension rose following the Israel-Hamas war that began Oct.7

Hezbollah destroys Israeli surveillance cameras along the Lebanese border as tension soars
News|World

5 Hezbollah fighters are killed as tensions flare along the border between Lebanon and Israel

Clashes have flared along the Lebanon-Israel border, killing five Hezbollah fighters

5 Hezbollah fighters are killed as tensions flare along the border between Lebanon and Israel
News|Political|World

Protesters in Lebanon decrying Gaza hospital blast clash with security forces near U.S. Embassy

Hundreds of protesters have clashed with Lebanese security forces in the Beirut suburb of Aukar near the United States Embassy

Protesters in Lebanon decrying Gaza hospital blast clash with security forces near U.S. Embassy
MidEast|News|Political|World

Hezbollah and Israel exchange fire and warnings of a widened war

Hezbollah has announced the deaths of five more militants as clashes along the Lebanon-Israel border intensify

Hezbollah and Israel exchange fire and warnings of a widened war
MidEast|News|World

Lebanese PM visits troops at border with Israel while Saudi Arabia evacuates families of diplomats

Lebanon’s caretaker prime minister has visited troops deployed near the border with Israel, and Saudi Arabia is evacuating families of diplomatic staff because of clashes between Hezbollah militants and Israeli troops

Lebanese PM visits troops at border with Israel while Saudi Arabia evacuates families of diplomats
MidEast|News|World

Leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah holds talks with senior Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad figures

The leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah group has met with top Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad officials

Leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah holds talks with senior Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad figures

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