The World Bank approved a US$246 million new project to provide emergency cash transfers and access to social services to approximately 786,000 poor and vulnerable Lebanese reeling under the pressure of Lebanon’s economic and COVID-19 crises, the World Bank reported in a press release. The...

Israeli night raids targeting arms depots and military positions in eastern Syria have killed at least seven Syrian soldiers and 16 allied fighters, in the deadliest raids since 2018, a war monitor said Wednesday. The Israeli air force carried out more than 18 attacks against multiple...

Syria's state news agency has reported fresh Israeli airstrikes on military sites on the eastern Albukamal region near the Syria-Iraq border on Tuesday night. SANA said  the damages caused by the airstrike in the eastern province of Deir Ezzor are being evaluated. The...

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon will file an urgent complaint with the United Nations against Israel's daily violations of its airspace amid intensifying drone reconnaissance and mock raids around the country, the president's office said Tuesday. President Michel Aoun called for a condemnation of...