More than a quarter of Syrians live in extreme poverty, the  World Bank  has said, 13 years into a devastating civil war that has battered the economy and impoverished millions. The World Bank published two new reports on  Syria , which found that "27 percent of...

The Israeli army on Sunday continued bombarding southern Lebanon, targeting various regions as well as a motorcycle, with local media reporting several casualties. The Lebanese National News Agency reported that “the Israeli enemy bombing targeted the outskirts of the towns of Shihin and...

The explosion comes as an Israeli drone attack reportedly targeted a car and a truck near Syria’s border with Lebanon. A car explosion has killed one person in Syria’s capital Damascus, Syrian news agency SANA reported, without identifying the victim. “One person was killed when an...

BEIRUT (AP) — Poverty in Lebanon tripled over the course of a decade during which the small Mediterranean country slid into a protracted financial crisis, the World Bank said Thursday. The percentage of people in Lebanon living below the poverty line rose from 12% in 2012 to 44% in 2022,...