The Daily Star BEIRUT: Qatar ended its mediation of Lebanon’s hostage crisis Sunday after the killing of Lebanese policeman Ali Bazzal, as the Lebanese government struggled to...

Three Lebanese soldiers have been captured by gunmen near the border with Syria, sources have told Al Jazeera, days after the Nusra Front, a Syrian branch of al-Qaeda, executed a Lebanese policeman i t was holding captive . The three soldiers were reportedly taken on Monday...

Turkey is No.1 in the world for the provision of humanitarian aid, according to the 2013 report by the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency released on Sunday. Turkey managed $4.3 billion in humanitarian aid sent through its official...

TEHRAN: Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem will visit Tehran this week for a conference on combating extremism that will also be attended by his Iraqi counterpart, Iranian state media said Sunday. Moallem was set to meet with Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari, who has already...