Israel and Hamas reached a deal to resolve a disagreement over the exchange of a female civilian hostage that had threatened ...

The fall of the Assad regime will have a substantial impact on Lebanese politics, highlighting border tensions, refugee ...

United Arab Emirates billionaire Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor, who this week scrapped his investments in Lebanon, said the country was still not safe and that he had been threatened with being "slaughtered ...

Senators grill Trump nominee to lead intelligence community over support for Edward Snowden, meeting with al-Assad.

It already appears evident that the days of Russia serving as its leading arms supplier have come to an ignominious end.

The United Nations refugee chief says some 200,000 refugees have returned to Syria from neighboring countries since the government of Bashar Assad was overthrown last month ...

Lebanon’s caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati has said Beirut and Damascus will work together to secure their land borders, as well as to delineate both land and sea borders. In the first trip ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suggested Friday that his county’s military might not withdraw all of its forces ...

Israel said its forces would remain in southern Lebanon past the 60-day withdrawal deadline set by a ceasefire agreement with ...

Militants in the Gaza Strip have released eight hostages, handing them over to the Red Cross amid chaotic crowds as part of a ...

Isabel Kershner Christina Goldbaum and Euan Ward Isabel Kershner reported from Jerusalem, Christina Goldbaum from Damascus, Syria, and Euan Ward from Beirut, Lebanon. Here’s the latest.

Saudi Arabia's top diplomat said Friday the kingdom was seeking to help Syria's new authorities secure the lifting of ...