At 11 p.m. on Sept. 5, 2007, 10 F-15 fighter bombers climbed into the sky from the Israeli military base Ramat David, just south of Haifa. They headed for the Mediterranean Sea, officially for a training mission. A half hour later, three of the planes were ordered to return to...

   Beirut (The Daily Star)- Lebanon should drop its new measures requiring Syrians to obtain permits to enter the country, Speaker Nabih said Thursday, according to the Syrian ambassador. Ambassador Ali Abdel-Karim Ali quoted Berri as telling him that "there should not be...

ANJAR, Lebanon (AP) — Snow fell in parts of the Middle East on Wednesday as a powerful winter storm swept through the region, killing two Syrian refugees in Lebanon and forcing thousands who have fled their country's civil war to huddle for warmth in tents in refugee camps. In...

(Reuters) - The latest report on Syria by the global chemical weapons watchdog offers further evidence that the Syrian government repeatedly attacked its own citizens with poison gas, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power said on Tuesday. The 117-page report by...