BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese headed to polling stations early Sunday to elect a new parliament against the backdrop of an economic meltdown that is transforming the country and low expectations that the voting could bring meaningful change. A new crop of candidates from the 2019 protest movement...

BAALBEK, Lebanon (AP) — It was a sea of yellow as thousands of men, women and children waving Hezbollah flags and wearing the group’s trademark yellow caps rallied on a giant plot of land in the ancient eastern city of Baalbek in support of the heavily armed militant group. One after...

sraeli missiles targeted central Syria on Friday, killing five people, including a civilian, and ignited fires in farmlands in the area, Syrian state media reported. The official news agency SANA said the missiles were fired at the town of Masyaf in the Hama countryside, adding that several...

Syrian state news agency SANA reported early on Wednesday that an act of “Israeli aggression” was carried out with missiles over the vicinity of the Quneitra governate’s countryside in southern Syria. The missile attack resulted in only physical damage, SANA added. The Israeli...