Israeli police firing tear gas, stun grenades and rubber bullets clashed with stone-throwing Palestinians at a flashpoint Jerusalem holy site on Monday, the latest in a series of confrontations that threatened to push the contested city toward wider conflict. In an apparent attempt to...

The  Lebanese army said Monday it has foiled an attempt to smuggle 60 people, mostly from Syria, out of Lebanon, days after dozens of Syrians were caught trying to cross to Cyprus. "A naval force unit stopped a boat detected by radar 10 nautical miles off the city of Tripoli" in...

The reopening of outdoor bars and restaurants will go ahead on May 19, Health Minister Olivier Veran said on Monday, as the number of Covid-19 cases in intensive care eases.  "The prospects look rather good but we must not let down the guard," Véran told LCI television. The number...

  The Syrian military intelligence arrested a senior army commander over links with the U.S. forces and Kurdish-led militias in northeastern Syria, sources told Zaman al-Wasl Sunday.   Maj. Gen Nizar Ahmed Al-Khader, commander of the 17th Division and the head of the Security...