Lebanese security forces fired volleys of tear gas at protesters trying to remove barbed wire outside the military court in Beirut. Dozens of Lebanese protesters took to the streets in Beirut on Friday, demanding the release of activists detained following riots in northern Lebanon late...

Lebanon is set to receive 100 army vehicles free of charge from Britain to bolster the country's defence against Daesh. The Land Rovers will be supplied to the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Land Border Regiments which patrol the north and north-east border with Syria. "[They will] further...

The Syrian government intends to seize property and assets of Syrian refugees and internally displaced people who fail to pay exorbitant fees - already one of the administration's biggest sources of income - in exchange for military service exemptions. Brigadier General Elias Bitar, head...

Friends, family members and diplomats on Thursday demanded “accountability” for the death of Lebanese publisher and Hezbollah critic Lokman Slim. Slim, a 58-year-old political activist and commentator, was found dead with six bullets in his body last week on a deserted rural road in...