Under Israeli bombardment and diplomatic pressure, Ahmed al-Sharaa pulled troops from Syria's Druze heartland -- a move that ...

Despite Israel's recent military gains and a rapidly changing Middle East, Lebanon remains wary of making peace with its long ...

Hezbollah has been grappling with acute financial strains, US demands for its disarmament, and diminished political clout ...

Spread across Syria, Lebanon and Israel, the secretive religious minority has long balanced integration and independence. Now ...

Military says targets in northeastern Beqaa Valley include Radwan unit facilities, where military activity was taking place ...

Troops locate explosives, rockets at 'key' commando bases in operation aimed at keeping arms from being smuggled to Lebanon; ...

Bashar al-Assad Fast Facts ... October 14, 2008 - Assad signs a decree establishing diplomatic relations between Syria and Lebanon. April 21, 2011 - In response to Arab Spring protests, ...

On Feb 26, Syria’s President Bashar al Assad welcomed representatives and diplomats from Arab League countries who visited to show “solidarity” following the February 6 earthquake that ...

Under Hafez and Bashar al-Assad, Lebanese Christians endured significant suffering. Lebanese Christians celebrate the fall of the Assad regime in Syria on Dec. 8, 2024. (photo: Jean Bou Assi) ...

Bashar al-Assad is the second son of Hafez al-Assad, a military officer who led a coup in 1970 and ruled Syria for nearly 30 years. Born in Damascus, the younger Assad was just 5 years old when ...

Violence in Syria pitting the Islamist-led government against members of the Druze community has put a spotlight on the small but influential minority. Straddling Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Israel and ...

"At least under the former dictator, Bashar al-Assad," he says, "there was security." His brother, Abu Ali, admits the Assads, accused of killing tens of thousands of their own people, were not ...