Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani announced on Saturday that he will make his first official visit to China in early November on an invitation extended by Beijing. “We have redefined our relationship with China, which had politically supported the former regime of Bashar al-Assad and...

An Israeli strike on a construction vehicle in southern Lebanon killed a man, the Lebanese health ministry reported on Saturday. “The Israeli enemy’s airstrike on a vehicle in the town of Deir Kifa, in the Tyre district, resulted in one martyr,” the health ministry said in a...

A Lebanese judge on Friday ordered the release of Hannibal Gaddafi, son of longtime Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi, on bail after nearly a decade of pre-trial detention in Lebanon, a judicial official said. After questioning Gaddafi, the judge ordered his release “on $11 million bail and...

Syria and Lebanon are close to reaching a judicial agreement concerning Syrian detainees in Lebanon, fugitives from Syrian justice, and Lebanese nationals in Syria, officials from both countries announced on Tuesday. At a joint press conference in Beirut with Lebanese Justice Minister Adel...