Al Habtoor has scrapped his investments in Lebanon, citing instability and the continued overbearing influence of Hezbollah. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Al Habtoor has not visited Lebanon - a thriving banking hub dubbed the Switzerland of the Middle East before its ruinous civil war erupted in 1975 - in almost two decades, and tol ...

Syria’s Civil Defense has uncovered over two dozen charred bodies in two basements in rural Damascus, adding to the growing tally of mass graves discovered since the ousting of Bashar Assad ...

The conflict between Israel and Hezbollah has left behind lots of rubble. Some experts fear that much of it will be dumped ...

A Visual Chronicle of a Vibrant Society (1898-1946) This is a review of an exceptional photobook, Images of Palestine ...

Lebanese officials say firing by Israeli troops has killed two people and wounded 17 in the second day of deadly protests in ...

Discover the values that drive the story. The Christian Science Monitor's coverage of the war between Hamas and Israel, and related articles. A deeper view that unites instead of divides ...

France's President Emmanuel Macron was in Lebanon on Friday, where he was due to meet his newly-elected counterpart and offer ...

This leaves both sides economically restrained in this brutal conflict that the State Department has described as the world's worst humanitarian ... to the current civil war," he said by email.

The Associated Press on Wednesday issued this statement regarding claims around AP’s iconic “The Terror of War” photograph: The Associated Press values the ...

The world-famous AP photo of Kim Phuc — “The Terror of War,” known popularly as “Napalm Girl” — was taken on June 8, 1972, and credited to Nick Ut, a ...