Israel violated Lebanon's air space at least 29 times in the last 48 hours, Lebanese authorities said Saturday. "On Friday, Israeli planes violated Lebanese air space 20 times, and on Saturday 9 times," according to a statement by the Lebanese army. All violations were in a...

Israeli army helicopters struck military targets in southern Syrian Friday in retaliation for earlier "munitions" fire towards Israel from inside Syria, escalating tensions between the bitter rivals. The strikes came hours after America's top general Mark Milley made an unannounced...

A senior Lebanese official said on Friday he had taken bad news of testing positive for COVID-19 during a lunch with visiting French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian. “I received a telephone call from the hospital saying the test was positive, so naturally I left the lunch and informed...

Iran protested Friday to the United Nations of a "flagrant violation" of international law after nearby US fighter jets sparked panic on an Iranian passenger plane over war-torn Syria. The incident on Thursday was the latest between arch-foes Tehran and Washington since US President Donald...