Defense minister says strikes are part of new policy aimed at 'pacifying southern Syria;' strike in Lebanon's Beqaa Valley targets 'blatant violation' of ceasefire, military says

Early Sunday mornings, the narrow, winding streets of Beirut’s Burj al-Barajneh camp are calm and quiet, save for an occasional moped. Some of the earliest risers—shopkeepers and day laborers—greet each other in passing in Syrian Arabic as they start their day.

As theMiddle East that is completley reconfigured, the time has come for the Druze community, scattered between Lebanon, Syria, Israel and Jordan, to make choices. Hostile to a new Islamist gover

Researchers say Israeli, US refusals to comment on Beirut's move exemplify low-key approach to dealing with some regional security problems

The Arab League summit in Cairo concluded on Tuesday with a unified stance on Gaza’s reconstruction, endorsing Egypt’s $53 billion plan to rebuild the enclave, while rejecting any proposals that involve Palestinian displacement.

During operational activity in southern Lebanon, the IDF discovered weapons ... By JERUSALEM POST STAFF Newly appointed interim Governor of Damascus Maher Marwan. (Illustrative) (photo credit ...

Israel has established a border security zone inside Lebanon, Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said on Tuesday. "The Israeli occupation was not limited to the five border hills, but extended to establish a border strip extending a kilometer or two inside Lebanese territory," Berri told the Lebanese daily Addiyar.

Lebanon, by the way, could actually mobilize and come into the Abraham Peace Accords, as could potentially Syria," said Witkoff, but is this possible?

Certain weak-willed individuals' are pushing for civil war, Walid Jumblatt warns after attending emergency meeting of General Assembly of Druze Sectarian Council at its headquarters in Beirut - Anadol

Israeli planes struck the town of Kisweh approximately 20 kilometres (12 miles) south of Damascus, a Syrian security source and ... we will not allow southern Syria to become southern Lebanon," Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz's spokesperson said ...

By By Josiane Hajj Moussa for bnm Beirut bureau Lebanon's new leadership seeks to revive its defunct railway network to reconnect with neighbouring Syria and Iraq while positioning itself as a potential link in China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).