A funeral ceremony was held in south Lebanon for a Hezbollah field commander Friday, the Iran-backed group announced. Jaafar al-Sadek Harb was killed on the outskirts of Idlib on Thursday, according to a Hezbollah source. A statement from the group said that "Hezbollah and the...

With Syria's currency hitting record lows, a nationwide symbolic campaign has been launched by merchants, barbers, supermarkets and even gyms in the war-torn country to support the Syrian pound. Under the slogan "Our pound is our pride," the campaign encourages merchants to sell any...

Lebanon and Japan have about 40 days to decide whether ousted Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn will be extradited to Japan or stand trial in Lebanon, a judicial source and a source close to Ghosn said Thursday, following his escape from Japan last month. Ghosn fled to Lebanon, his childhood home,...

Lebanon's Finance Minister Ghazi Wazni said Thursday that foreign donors were waiting to see what reforms the new government would enact and whether it was ready for support. "The entire international community has its eye on what this government will do," he said in televised comments....