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Lebanon MPs meet in hall as protesters stage car convoy

Lebanon's parliament sat Tuesday in a conference hall to allow for social distancing between lawmakers amid the coronavirus pandemic, while outside anti-government protesters demonstrated in a car convoy. As the country struggles with a battered economy, MPs approved a $120 million loan...

U.S. zeroes in on Hezbollah playmaker in Iraq

Months after the United States killed a top Iranian general in Baghdad, it has offered millions for any details on the mysterious man filling his boots - Hezbollah power-broker Muhammad Kawtharani. Washington charged last week that Kawtharani had "taken over some of the political...

Netanyahu, Gantz to form emergency government - TV report

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his centrist election rival Benny Gantz have reached an agreement to form a coalition government that would end a year of political deadlock, Israel's Channel 12 News reported Monday. Officials from Netanyahu's Likud party and Gantz's Blue and...