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 Turkish president and leader of the Justice and Development Party Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during his party's group meeting at the Turkish Grand National Assembly in Ankara on Nov. 11, 2020. Photo by ADEM ALTAN/AFP via Getty Images.…

Tareq Alaows, who is running to become a lawmaker at the German parliament Bundestag speaks on a cell phone, during an interview with the Associated Press in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021. Tareq Alaows fled…

Last week, the minister of justice condemned the killing of Salim. (File/AFP) DUBAI: US ambassador to Lebanon Dorothy Shea spoke on Monday with Lebanese Minister of Justice Marie-Claude…

Relatives of victims of the Aug. 4 Beirut port explosion hold a banner and portraits of their loved ones who died in the explosion, during a sit-in near the Parliament building to demand an expedited investigation, in Beirut, Lebanon,…

Syrians hold placards against President Bashar al-Assad during demonstration in Idlib city on 11 September 2020 (AFP/File photo) As the tenth anniversary of the Syrian conflict grows near, the question of how the international…

image captionIS has claimed hundreds of attacks since it was routed in its last enclave in Syria (Deir al-Zour, above) in 2019 The Islamic State (IS) group has launched more than 100 attacks in north-eastern Syria over the last…

The killing of Luqman Salim — the adamantly anti-Hezbollah Shiite intellectual and activist, who was found dead in the southern region of Zahrani on Thursday — marks a significant change in Lebanon. The country has been sliding into…

Syria state media reported suspected Israeli strikes late Wednesday in the country’s south, which prompted a response from Syrian air defenses. The state news agency SANA only reported strikes in the southern region without offering…

Syrian forces responded late on Wednesday to "Israeli aggression" in the south of the country, the state news agency said. Israel launched missiles from the disputed Golan heights at around 11:00 pm (2100 GMT) and caused material damage,…

A Syrian military official said Israel fired surface and air missiles at targets in southern Syria late Wednesday, causing only material damage. The official said the attacks prompted Syrian air defenses. The unnamed official said the…