One of the anomalies of political Zionism is that, while it was founded as a response to murderous pogroms against European and Russian Jews as a means to rescue...

The US Department of State yesterday announced that it is offering a reward up to $5 million for or information leading to the identification or location of Hamas’ deputy...

Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri today blamed Hezbollah for what he called a “big obstacle” in efforts to form a new government, indicating there could be no solution if it...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is at a crossroads. He has to choose between a truce to deal with the Gaza Strip and Syria, or war on both fronts....

The leader of the Lebanese Shia group Hezbollah insisted that one of its Sunni allies be given a portfolio in a new Lebanese cabinet, and indicated it would be...

Lebanese President Michel Aoun denied on Friday Israel’s allegations of the existence of weapons factories and secret weapons caches belonging to Hezbollah inside Lebanon, calling the allegations “baseless”. According...

Veteran Lebanese politician Walid Jumblatt, head of the Progressive Socialist Party, said yesterday that Iran is punishing Lebanon by delaying the new government and refusing to announce its formation....

Arab countries require $230 billion annually to achieve the sustainable development goals, a report by the Lebanon-based Arab Forum for Environment and Development (AFED) revealed yesterday. The report, titled “Financing...

Lebanon’s failure to implement reform plans aimed at stopping public sector waste, fighting corruption and reviving the falling economic indicators is driving the country to bankruptcy. The second Vice-Governor...

Lebanon’s tourism minister, Avedis Guidanian, apologised on Monday to Egypt his recent statements to the country’s Daily Star, criticising Egypt’s cleanliness and living conditions. “Look at Egypt – is...

Lebanese President Michel Aoun yesterday Israeli claims of the presence of missiles in populated areas, describing the claims as “false” and saying the claims coincide with Israel’s continued violations...

At least 20 refugees that have returned to Syria from Lebanon have been killed by the regime and their allied forces, Lebanese Caretaker Minister for Refugee Affairs Mouin Merehbi...

Lebanese media sources revealed that Saad Hariri, who has been assigned to form a new government, hinted at stepping down from carrying out this task, in case Hezbollah insists...

Israel should resume its policy of targeted assassinations, aiming first at Secretary General of Islamic Jihad, Ziyad Al-Nakhaleh, Israeli journalist Yoni Ben Menachem said in an article this week...

Lebanese President Michel Aoun said on Wednesday the differences blocking a deal over a new national unity government were “not easy” and signalled he was at odds with his...

Both Republican and Democratic senators asked US President Donald Trump on Wednesday to suspend civilian nuclear energy talks with Saudi Arabia after the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Reuters...

It’s hard not to be moved on a personal level by Jamal Khashoggi’s brutal murder. The circumstances — the fact that his fiancée was waiting outside for him, expecting...

Flooding in Lebanon and Turkey has left refugees dead after heavy rains hit the region and swamped refugee camps. Videos shared by member of the Syrian Negotiations Committee Hadi...

Set in Burj AL-Barajneh refugee camp in Lebanon, 'The Tower', highlights 70 years of strife since the Nakba

Dotted with bullet holes and scarred by war, a once iconic hotel in Lebanon abandoned for more than 40 years is coming back to life through the paintings of...

The Qatari government has denied rumours that a cargo plane carrying weapons from Iran landed in Doha before heading to Beirut, according to an official statement issued by the...

Israeli Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman said yesterday that Hamas had crossed all red lines, stressing that the Israeli cabinet “must” take a decision to launch a “serious blow” to...

The Lebanese government has revealed that as many as 776 Syrian refugees returned voluntarily to their country on Monday. The return was coordinated with the UN High Commissioner for...

Three Palestinians from Jerusalem yesterday turned themselves in to serve sentences in Israeli prisons on a charge of “traveling to Lebanon”, Ma’an reported. Abdullah Singlawi, Ayad Shalabi and Nour...

The border crossing between Jordan and Syria officially opened to civilians and trade this morning three years after it was closed. The Nassib crossing opened an 8am (0500 GMT),...

Abdelhak Al Khayam, head of Morocco’s Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations (BCIJ), a security apparatus specialised in terrorist crimes inquiry, revealed that since 2002 Morocco has dismantled 183 terrorist cells that sought to carry out...

Israel unofficially closed the file of three soldiers lost in Sultan Yacoub Battle during the Israeli invasion of Lebanon in 1982, Arab48 reported yesterday. The Arabic news site reported...

The Saudi Embassy in Germany yesterday announced that its ambassador, Khalid Bin Bandar Bin Sultan, will return to Berlin “this week” after a year-long diplomatic crisis. “Saudi Ambassador to...

The Syrian regime is preventing refugees from returning to areas where it has made demographic changes on the ground, a Lebanese minister said yesterday. Minister of State for Refugees...

The claims made by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as he stood at the UN podium regarding what he considered Iran’s violation of the nuclear agreement with the global...

Frankly, this was not the first, and it will not be the last time that the American President Donald Trump insults the Saudi King, but we are a nation...

Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri on Saturday said the process of forming a government more than five months after a national election had returned “to zero”, after saying earlier...