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83 CHILDREN KILLED IN MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA
At least 83 children were killed in conflict zones throughout the Middle East and North Africa last month, according to the United Nations children's agency... READ MORE›
3 OF 5 SCULPTURES STOLEN FROM TEMPLE FOUND IN NEW YORK
Only a handful of more than 500 Eshmoun statues pillaged from the storerooms of Byblos citadel in 1981 have been identified and returned to Lebanon... READ MORE›
16-YEAR-OLD SUSPENDED AFTER ANTI-BULLYING VIDEO GOES VIRAL
AP -- A Tennessee high school student's anti-bullying video has resulted in nearly 600,000 views on YouTube and a suspension for its creator... READ MORE›
9/29 TRUMP WELCOMES TRUCKERS TO THE WHITE HOUSE
The threat came during a meeting with Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu in Davos, Switzerland... READ MORE›
US UNRWA AID CUT TO HARM PALESTINIAN REFUGEES IN SYRIA
At least 125,000 of the prewar population have since fled Syria and landed in Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey, Europe and elsewhere, according to UNRWA... READ MORE›
ATTEMPT TO BAN SPIELBERG FILM RAISES LIBERALS' FEARS IN LEBANON
The man Spielberg announced his support for the Israeli aggression against Lebanon... READ MORE›
THE COMPLEXITY OF THE NEW WORLD DISORDER AT THE ISRAEL-SYRIA BORDER
Meantime, 4,000 Syrians have crossed the fence via the Israel Defense Force's Operation Good Neighbor, including many women and children... READ MORE›
FEWER INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS COMING TO U.S. FOR GRAD SCHOOL
A survey last year by the American Association of College Registrar and Admissions Officers raised similar concerns about international students overall... READ MORE›
LEBANON'S HARIRI OVERRULES BAN ON 'THE POST' AFTER PUBLIC UPROAR
Censors had barred the movie because of Steven Spielberg's ties to Israel, but many Lebanese were outraged... READ MORE›
TRUST IN NEWS MEDIA TAKES A HIT DURING TRUMP PRESIDENCY
When Trump labels something fake news, ''I just have started assuming ..... READ MORE›
TRUMP-TWISTED TRUTHS LEAVE AMERICANS IN A QUANDARY SCRAMBLING TO FILTER OUT 'FAKE NEWS'
He isn't fond of Trump's Twitter habit, but also says he sees bias in the coverage of Washington by the mainstream media... READ MORE›
SYRIAN STATE MEDIA SAYS TURKEY HELPED REBEL ATTACK
Rebel groups launched a counter attack in Idlib on Wednesday after a rapid push by the army and its allies towards the Abu al-Duhur airbase... READ MORE›
NEARLY 100,000 DISPLACED BY FIGHTING IN NORTHWEST SYRIA'S IDLIB SINCE DEC. 1
Idlib province is almost entirely controlled by a jihadi outfit known as Hayat Tahrir al-Sham HTS consisting mostly of fighters from a former al-Qaida affiliate... READ MORE›
ISRAEL ATTACKS SYRIA WITH JETS AND GROUND-TO-GROUND MISSILES, CLAIMS SYRIAN ARMY
Israel then fired ground-to-ground rockets from the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, but Syrian defences brought the missiles down before they reached their targets, the Syrian army claimed... READ MORE›
THOUSANDS DISPLACED BY FIGHTING IN SYRIA'S IDLIB
Believed to be the largest remaining rebel-held area in Syria, hospitals, markets and bakeries across Idlib province have been hit by government air raids... READ MORE›
WEIGHING THE IMAPCT OF IRAN PROTESTS
It is not coincidental that the Iranian protesters are calling for Iran's withdrawal from all the three countries, and by default leave them to the US ... READ MORE›
IN SIGN PEACE EFFORT HAS STALLED, TRUMP THREATENS TO STOP AID TO PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY
But by recognizing Israel's claim to Jerusalem, Trump was seen by the Palestinians as siding with Israel on the most sensitive issue in the conflict... READ MORE›
FROM #METOO TO RAPE LAWS, WOMEN'S RIGHTS ADVANCED DESPITE ADVERSITY IN 2017
Pink hat-wearing protesters marched in the millions, celebrities called out their abusers as pigs, and countries from Chile to India passed pro-women leg... READ MORE›
A YEAR OF HISTORIC CHANGE IN SAUDI ARABIA, WITH MORE TO COME
Saudi Arabia HYPERLINK https apnews.com c602a848be074032a024e2a1e6f8926d, literally rolling out a red carpet for his arrival... READ MORE›
ASSAD GIVEN 'GREEN LIGHT' BY UK TO MURDER SYRIANS
In 2013, the Assad regime was alleged to have murdered hundreds of people with a sarin gas attack near Damascus... READ MORE›
CALLS FOR EXTRADITION OF WANTED FRENCH JIHADIST HELD BY SYRIAN KURDS
Thomas Barnouin, 36, is said to have been among a group of French nationals who were detained on December 17 by the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia... READ MORE›
ISRAEL WARY AS ADVANCING SYRIAN ARMY AND IRANIAN PROXIES DEMAND REBELS NEAR BORDER SURRENDER
The question is will Israel allow that? said Fayez al Dweiri, a retired Jordanian general who follows Syria closely... READ MORE›
EVACUATION OF CRITICALLY ILL FROM EASTERN GHOUTA
Aid agencies are evacuating critically ill Syrians from Eastern Ghouta, an area home to around 400,000 people that has been under government siege since 2013... READ MORE›
'DEVASTATING': ISRAELI TEAR GAS' EFFECT ON PALESTINIANS
People in Aida refugee camp in occupied West Bank are frequently exposed to massive amounts of Israeli tear gas... READ MORE›
SYRIAN REFUGEES IN LEBANON DROP BELOW 1 MILLION FOR FIRST TIME SINCE 2014
The number of registered Syrian refugees in Lebanon has dropped to below 1 million for the first time since 2014, the United Nations told AFP on Tuesday. A... READ MORE›
SYRIAN AND IRANIAN BACKED FORCES ADVANCE ON REBELS IN BORDER AREA NEAR ISRAEL
Syrian army forces backed by Iranian-backed militias pushed deeper into the last rebel-held enclave near a strategic border area with Israel and Lebanon in... READ MORE›
SAAD HARIRIS STRANGE SOJOURN IN SAUDI ARABIA
BEIRUT, Lebanon -- Lebanon's prime minister, Saad Hariri, was summoned at 8 30 a.m... READ MORE›
LEBANESE PM HARIRI 'PRESSURED TO RESIGN' BY THE SAUDIS
According to the report, Saudis were reprimanded by senior US state department official, David M Satterfield, for destabilising Lebanon ... READ MORE›
'LANGUAGE IS ALSO CULTURE'
'We still pray in it' Shadi Khalloul is the man behind the revival of Aramaic... READ MORE›
CHRISTMAS LIGHTS RE-APPEAR AFTER DARK YEARS FOR SYRIA'S CHRISTIANS
Since the creation of the republic back in 1932, Syrian Christians have been treated as first-class citizens, although they were constitutionally barred from the presidency... READ MORE›
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THIS MIGHT BE TRUMP'S SECRET IRAN WEAPON
While Saudi Arabia may have some diplomatic and economic sway over Lebanon, it cannot fight Hezbollah militarily... READ MORE›
TRUMP THREAT TO CUT US AID
But since taking office last January, the Trump administration has made a concerted effort to slash US foreign aid spending... READ MORE›
'ISRAEL SHOULDN'T GO TO WAR WITH LEBANON, AS WE WILL SURELY WIN' - LEBANESE FM
We should restrain Israel from starting a war exactly because Lebanon is sure to win it, he claimed... READ MORE›
US OFFICIAL: CROWN PRINCE SALMAN 'BEHAVING RECKLESSLY'
Saudi Arabia has accused Iran of direct military aggression through the Houthi rebels in Yemen... READ MORE›
ISRAEL READY TO SHARE INTELLIGENCE ON IRAN WITH SAUDI ARABIA - IDF CHIEF
Israel ready to share intelligence on Iran with Saudi Arabia - IDF chief... READ MORE›
ALBERTA MAN WHO APPEARED AS RETIRED U.S. MARINE AT REMEMBRANCE DAY EVENTS DENOUNCED AS IMPOSTOR
Stolen Valour Canada says Peter Toth of Red Deer took part in events at St. Francis of Assisi Middle School, G.W... READ MORE›
PALESTINIANS CLASH WITH ISRAELI TROOPS TO PROTEST TRUMPS JERUSALEM DECLARATION
The mood in the streets of downtown East Jerusalem, where there was a heavy Israeli police presence, was tense and sullen... READ MORE›
PROTESTS NEAR US EMBASSY IN LEBANON OVER TRUMPS DECISION
Protests in Lebanon Near U.S. Embassy After Trumps Jerusalem Decision... READ MORE›
ISRAEL'S LEADERSHIP TALKS UP ANOTHER WAR WITH HEZBOLLAH IN LEBANON
Israeli strategists do not question the likelihood of a war with Hezbollah, wrote Adamsky... READ MORE›
WILL SAUDIS IMPOSE QATAR-STYLE BLOCKADE ON LEBANON?
They want Lebanon to be disassociated from Hezbollah... READ MORE›
BAHRAIN FM CALLS ON ARAB NATIONS TO CONFRONT IRAN
'Blunt interference' In his opening remarks in Cairo, Adel al-Jubeir, Saudi foreign minister, condemned Iranian activity in the region... READ MORE›
SAUDI-IRAN PROXY WARS: IN PURSUIT OF REGIONAL HEGEMONY
How does Saudi Arabia advance Sunnis by humiliating the Sunnis of Lebanon?... READ MORE›
FRENCH SCHOOL IN LEBANON FORCED TO APOLOGIZE FOR PUTTING ISRAEL ON MAP
French school in Lebanon forced to apologize for putting Israel on map -- RT World News... READ MORE›
NASRALLAH REJECTS ARAB LEAGUE STATEMENT ON HEZBOLLAH
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has rejected claims made by Arab foreign ministers that the Lebanese group is arming rebels in Yemen... READ MORE›
TENSION MOUNTS IN LEBANON AS SAUDI ARABIA ESCALATES POWER STRUGGLE WITH IRAN
But it was brought to a head on 3 November, at a lunch in Beirut being hosted by prime minister Saad Hariri... READ MORE›
TEAR GAS FIRED AS RIOTING PROTESTERS BREAK DOWN US EMBASSY GATES IN BEIRUT (WATCH LIVE)
Tensions are running high across the region and around the world now that US President Donald Trump has officially recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel... READ MORE›
MACRON STEPS INTO MIDDLE EAST ROLE AS U.S. RETREATS
Mr. Macron, who came to the job with few Middle East connections, put in place a team that knows the region intimately... READ MORE›
LEBANON'S PM SAAD AL-HARIRI HOLDS OFF RESIGNATION
Hariri's return to Lebanon comes two weeks after he announced his shock resignation as the country's prime minister in a televised speech from Saudi Arabia... READ MORE›
LEBANON'S HARIRI ARRIVES IN FRANCE TO MEET MACRON
Prime Minister Hariri then has the intention, I believe, to return to his country in the following days or weeks... READ MORE›
LEBANESE LEADER ENDING SAUDI STAY ARRIVES IN FRANCE
Questions are swirling about why Mr. Hariri spent two weeks in Saudi Arabia, where he announced his resignation... READ MORE›
HOW ZIAD AHMAD ITANI FELL INTO MOSSAD'S HONEY TRAP
Abi Saab also thinks Itani's handlers in the Mossad ordered his vociferous public defence of Doueiri's cultural ties with Israel... READ MORE›
SAAD HARIRI WITHDRAWS RESIGNATION AFTER CABINET MEETING
Prime Minister Saad Hariri has revoked his resignation after Lebanon's cabinet voted to affirm its disengagement from conflicts in the Arab world... READ MORE›
FRANCE MAKES DIPLOMATIC PUSH TO SOLVE LEBANON CRISIS
This week, Hariri said he planned to return to Lebanon soon, but did not specify when... READ MORE›
MACRON INVITES SAAD HARIRI TO PARIS WITH FAMILY
Emmanuel Macron's offer came just hours after Lebanon's President Michel Aoun said on Wednesday that nothing justified the apparent detention of Hariri in Saudi Arabia... READ MORE›
MICHEL AOUN: NOTHING JUSTIFIES SAAD HARIRI'S DETENTION
Hariri, a Sunni Muslim politician and longtime ally of Saudi Arabia, suddenly announced his resignation as Lebanon's prime minister during a visit to Riyadh last week... READ MORE›
HARIRI SAYS HE WILL RETURN TO LEBANON SOON, LEAVES DOUBT ABOUT RESIGNATION
After Hariri announced his resignation, Saudi Arabia accused Lebanon of declaring war against it because of Hezbollah... READ MORE›
SAUDI FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS MESSAGE TO IRAN IS
Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir attends a joint news conference with France's Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, November 16, 2017... READ MORE›
UN SAYS 400,000 CIVILIANS TRAPPED IN SYRIAN ENCLAVE
Eastern Ghouta has been besieged by President Bashar al-Assad's troops since 2013 in an attempt to force the rebel enclave into submission... READ MORE›
COMMENTARY: HOW SAUDI ARABIA HAS OVERREACHED ON IRAN, LEBANON
The power-sharing agreement was approved by Iran and Saudi Arabia... READ MORE›
U.S. EMBASSY'S MOVE TO JERUSALEM SHOULD TAKE AT LEAST TWO YEARS, TILLERSON SAYS
That Hariri made the statement from Saudi Arabia set off rounds of speculation that he was being held hostage by his benefactors... READ MORE›