Israel’s shield for Syria’s Druze and the regional shakeup no one expected
Netanyahu never would have considered extending Israel’s protection to the Syrian Druze. That he is doing so now underscores how much has changed.
Tens of thousands mourn slain Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut funeral
Hassan Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli air strike in September 2024, and Israel continued attacks on Lebanon in the hours ahead of his funeral despite a ceasefire deal in place.
Israel says army planes fly over Nasrallah funeral in Beirut, ‘sending clear message’
Israel has carried out multiple strikes in Lebanon since the ceasefire deal went into effect. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Syria's northeast begins supplying oil to Damascus, oil ministry says
Kurdish-led authorities in northeast Syria have begun providing oil from local fields they manage to the central government in Damascus, Syrian oil ministry spokesman Ahmed Suleiman told Reuters on Saturday.
Hundreds of thousands attend funeral of Hezbollah leader Nasrallah 5 months after his killing
Nasrallah died after Israel's air force dropped more than 80 bombs on the militant group's main operations room in a southern suburb of the Lebanese capital
Hezbollah facing financial squeeze as supply lines from Iran are severed
The Lebanese militant group is grappling with a stunning reversal of fortune after its war with Israel and the ouster of its Syrian ally Bashar al-Assad.
Changing political landscape in Lebanon, Syria prompts Saad Hariri’s comeback
Lebanon's Sunni leader and former Prime Minister Saad Hariri, who suspended his political activity more than three years ago, made a comeback Friday.
Lebanon's Hezbollah to bury Nasrallah in mass funeral
A lawyer for Luigi Mangione, the man accused of fatally gunning down U.S. health insurance executive Brian Thompson in December, told a judge Friday that her client was illegally searched during his arrest and she would seek to exclude that evidence from his trial on state murder and terrorism charges.
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A New Lebanon Opens up 20 Years After the Assassination of Rafic Hariri
After two weeks of relentless rain, Beirut awoke to a sunny day for the commemoration of the 20th anniversary of Rafic Hariri’s assassination. Thousands of people from across Lebanon gathered to honor the memory of the late prime minister,
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Lebanon bids farewell to the Nasrallah era
Hundreds of thousands gather for the funeral of the late Hezbollah leader, as Israeli fighter jets fly menacingly overhead
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Lebanon marks 20th anniversary of Rafik Hariri's assassination amid political shifts
BEIRUT — Thousands of supporters gathered in downtown Beirut ... The ousting of Bashar Assad in December after 54 years of family rule in Syria marked the fall of a government long accused of orchestrating Hariri’s assassination and other political ...