(Reuters) - The Lebanese army detained a wife and daughter of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi as they crossed from Syria nine days ago, security officials said on Tuesday, in a move seen as likely to put pressure on the Islamist chief. The woman was identified as Saja...

(UN News Center)- A life-saving programme providing food vouchers to more than 1.7 million Syrian refugees has been suspended due to lack of funds, the United Nations World Food Programme ( WFP ) announced today, warning that the move will have a devastating impact on families who are...

BEIRUT: The alleged mastermind behind the kidnapping of the Lebanese servicemen from the northeastern border town of Arsal has been expelled from ISIS, local daily Al-Akhbar said Monday. Al-Akhbar said it had learned that Abu Talal al-Hamad, ISIS’s commander for Syria’s...

TRIPOLI, Lebanon: Gunfire from the Syrian side of the border wounded a Lebanese man Saturday on a north Lebanon highway near the border. The man was shot and fell to the ground on the highway linking Abboudeyeh to Manjaz. The residents waited for the Lebanese Red Cross to...