Lebanon's army blew up a car on Monday in the border region with  Syria  which they suspected contained explosives and was being prepared for use in a bomb attack, security sources said. They said the car was found in a rural area between the Bekaa Valley villages of...

Groups of youths on motorcycles drove around Beirut’s southern Dahiyeh area Sunday in celebration of the Syrian government’s successful assault on the rebel held city of Yabrud which was achieved with the aid of Hezbollah fighters. The celebratory parade was photographed by...

Syrian forces backed by Hezbollah militants took full control of the town of Yabroud on Sunday after driving out rebels, helping President Bashar al-Assad secure the land route linking the capital Damascus to Aleppo and the Mediterranean coast. The fall of Yabroud, the last...

Egypt's interim government has pledged "decisive" action and ordered heightened security after armed men killed six soldiers at a Cairo checkpoint. The shooting on Saturday morning came two days after armed men killed a soldier in Cairo, as fighters once based in the Sinai Peninsula...