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Hezbollah says ‘new phase’ in war with Israel after strikes

BEIRUT – The leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah said Monday a barrage of rockets from Syria against Israeli forces in the …

Turkey says its forces take control of Syrian town of Afrin

ISTANBUL — Turkey’s president said Sunday that allied Syrian forces have taken “total” control of the town centre of Afrin, …

Syria’s Kurds push US to stop Turkish assault on key enclave

BEIRUT — Syria’s Kurdish militia is growing frustrated with its patron, the United States, and is pressing it to do …

Lebanese women look for greater role in parliament elections

BEIRUT — Lebanon is campaigning to get at least five times more women elected to parliament this spring in its …

Lebanon’s PM Hariri leaves Saudi Arabia for France

BEIRUT — Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri left Saudi Arabia for France early Saturday, two weeks after declaring his resignation …

Lebanon PM says he will return to seek settlement

BEIRUT — In his first TV interview since he announced his surprise resignation last weekend, Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri …

Art exhibit in Lebanon takes on civil war’s old wounds

BEIRUT—Zena El Khalil’s art exhibit has tapped into wounds that are more than 40 years old in war-scarred Lebanon. “Sacred …

Uncertainty as Mideast turns a page with IS defeat in Raqqa

BEIRUT—The Middle East may have turned a page with the defeat of the Islamic State group in its self-declared capital …

US backed forces in Syria say ‘final’ battle for Raqqa is on

BEIRUT — The U.S.-backed Kurdish-led forces fighting Islamic State militants in Syria said on Saturday that they are waging the …

Arabs, Kurds unite against IS, but post victory? ‘God knows’

RAQQA, Syria — The two fighters, one an Arab sniper, the other his Kurdish commander, are each driven by a …

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