The statistics on the number of tourists coming to Syria, issued by the Ministry of Tourism, have always sparked discussions and disagreements among observers and the media. This is not a matter related to the period after the events of the Syrian revolution, but rather dates back to before...

The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) said on Tuesday that a rocket that hit its headquarters in Naqoura was fired from the north, likely by Lebanon’s militant group Hezbollah or an affiliated group. Earlier on Tuesday, Austria’s defense ministry said eight Austrian...

Lebanese armed group Hezbollah named Naim Qassem as its new leader on Tuesday but Israel said his tenure would be “temporary,” an apparent threat after it killed his predecessor Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut over a month ago. “Temporary appointment. Not for long,” Israel’s Defense...

Hezbollah said its fighters targeted Israeli soldiers in south Lebanon on Monday, after earlier claiming repeated attacks on troops in the same area near the border. Hezbollah fighters targeted “an Israeli enemy troop gathering” near Wazzani village “with a rocket salvo,” the...