The U.S.'s special envoy for Syria has called Lebanon “a failed state,” highlighting frustration with Beirut’s “paralyzed government.” ...
Ambassador Ryan Crocker reports on his visit to Lebanon and Syria on October 12-17 as part of a small delegation organized by ...
An NBC News analysis of satellite imagery and social media videos reveals Israel's network of fortifications outside its borders with Lebanon, Syria and Gaza. a. By Matt Bradley, Marin Scott and Colin ...
Something unexpected is stirring in the Levant. After decades of entrenched hostility, there are early, though admittedly fragile, signals that both Lebanon and Syria may be reconsidering their ...
The U.S. Department of State has selected Stephen H. Fagin, ambassador to Yemen, as the civilian counterpart to Admiral Charles B. Cooper II, commander of the United States Central Command (CENTCOM), ...
Near-daily Israeli attacks have become the new normal in Lebanon, nearly a year after a U.S.-brokered truce halted the ...
The central challenge facing Lebanon today is whether the country will graduate to functional statehood or continue ...
Why Israel Must Crush Islamic Republic. Over the past year, Israel, led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, has redrawn the ...
Syria is in “advanced” talks to reach a security agreement with Israel that would return Israeli forces back behind the 1974 armistice line that separates Syrian territory from the Israel-controlled ...
The Druze are Arabs who follow a religion derived from a branch of Islam. They maintain a degree of secrecy about the practice of their faith that emerged in the 11th century. Some hardline Sunni ...
The visit by the envoy, Morgan Ortagus, coincided with a spike in Israeli attacks on Hezbollah in recent weeks that has stoked fears of a renewed conflict.
Israel carried out airstrikes on southern Lebanon early Saturday, killing one person, wounding seven and briefly cutting a ...