Israel has successfully tested its upgraded Arrow missile interceptor for the second time. The warhead is designed to manoeuvre in space to counter what Israel considers a ballistic threat from Lebanon’s Hezbollah as well as Syria and Iran. The United States and Israel have been...
On Dec. 9, the Syrian human rights lawyer and founder of the Violations Documentation Center (VDC), Razan Zaitouneh, was kidnapped in the city of Duma (Eastern Ghouta, east of Damascus) with three other activists from the VDC: Samira al-Khalil, Wael Hamada and Nazim al-Hamadi....
Lebanese troops arrested the leader of the al-Qaeda-linked group responsible for a double suicide bombing at the Iranian embassy in Lebanon in November, the defense minister told Agence France-Presse on Wednesday. Maged al-Maged, the "emir" of the Abdullah...
The Lebanese army fired on Syrian aircraft that violated the country's airspace Monday, the first time Lebanon has done so since Syria's uprising broke out nearly three years ago, security officials said. The move suggests Beirut is trying to enforce...
