Pressure is mounting on Lebanese leaders to remove a Cabinet minister whose comments on the war in Yemen have triggered a diplomatic row with Saudi Arabia, even as the minister at the center of the crisis said that resigning from the government was not an option. The Kingdom, the UAE, Kuwait...

 Syria's air defenses responded Saturday to missiles fired from Israel toward suburbs of the capital Damascus, wounding two soldiers, the Syrian military said. Syria's state news agency SANA quoted a statement by an unnamed military official who said the air defenses shot down several...

Saudi Arabia on Friday ordered the Lebanese ambassador to the kingdom to leave the country within 48 hours and stopped all imports from Lebanon, a response to comments by a Lebanese minister who described the war in Yemen as Saudi “aggression.” Saudi state media added in its report that...

 Jordan, Syria and Lebanon on Thursday reached a final deal to provide Lebanon with Jordanian electricity through Syria. The announcement was made following a meeting in Amman for ministers concerned with electricity from Jordan, Syria and Lebanon to discuss developments in the project....