The United States, United Kingdom, and Canada slapped sanctions Thursday on Lebanon's embattled former central bank governor and a handful of close relatives and associates over allegations of corruption, the U.S. Treasury Department said. Riad Salameh, 73, ended his 30-year tenure on July...

A truck belonging to the militant Hezbollah group overturned on a mountain road near the Lebanese capital Wednesday and was followed by a shooting that left two people dead, security officials and Hezbollah said. Lebanese troops immediately cordoned off the truck filled with large boxes in...

  Bashar Assad slammed Turkey in comments published Wednesday, blaming Ankara for the uptick in violence in his war-torn country and insisting on the withdrawal of Turkish forces from Syria. Assad spoke in an interview with Sky News Arabia, his first interview with a foreign media...

The Central Bank of Syria issued a circular raising the daily withdrawal ceiling from bank accounts opened for natural and legal persons from 15 million SYP to 25 million SYP. The bank justified its decision by saying that it aims to manage the exchange rate to limit speculation on the...