BEIRUT: Lebanese airborne troops conducted thorough searches along the eastern mountain range bordering Syria Wednesday, as part of measures to curb infiltration of the porous border by gunmen and arms. The National News Agency (NNA) said the combing operations were carried out in...

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syria urged a newly appointed international mediator to be "objective and honest" as he seeks an end to the country's civil war, Syrian state television reported on Wednesday. It was Damascus's first reaction to the appointment of Staffan de Mistura by...

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Six children from the same family were killed in an air strike by government forces on a village in the northern province of Aleppo, a monitoring group said Wednesday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, citing local residents, said three boys and three girls from the...