The UN expressed grave concern Tuesday over ongoing hostilities in southern Lebanon, with the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations describing the situation as "appalling.” Noting that the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) is currently operating under...

The Central Bank of Syria said that Syrians living in areas controlled by the regime should expedite opening bank accounts, noting that failure to open an account will cause the beneficiary not to receive cash support when it is launched. Observers pointed out that the Central Bank's...

UNICEF said on Tuesday that more than three children on average have been killed in Lebanon every day for the last two months, lamenting that “the intolerable is quietly transforming into the acceptable.” "Despite more than 200 children killed in Lebanon in less than two months, a...

At least 50 more Palestinians were killed in relentless Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip, bringing the overall death toll since October last year to 43,972, the Health Ministry in the enclave said on Tuesday. A ministry statement added that some 104,008 others were injured in the ongoing...