The Lebanese Ministry of Social Affairs rejected a request submitted by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) demanding that Syrian refugees be given the financial assistance they are owed in dollars instead of Lebanese pounds. The ministry also rejected another request...

In the years since Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman catapulted to power, it has been hard to find a controversy in the Middle East that doesn't somehow involve the 37-year-old heir to the throne. Now he's pivoting to his next audacious plan: Giving peace a chance. The moves toward...

Israeli airstrikes hit several sites in Syria's Homs province early Sunday, wounding five soldiers, Syrian state media reported. Hours later, the Israeli military said it shot down an “aircraft” that crossed from Syria into Israel's airspace. In Iran, state media reported that an Iranian...

BEIRUT (AP) — Israeli airstrikes hit several sites in Syria's Homs province early Sunday, wounding five soldiers, Syrian state media reported. In Iran, state media reported that an Iranian adviser who was wounded in an Israeli strike on Friday died of his wounds. Since the start of Syria's...