Syria lost on Friday the writer and theater director Farhan Bulbul after a long struggle with illness at the age of 88, and with his absence the Arab theater lost one of its pioneers who came after the founding generation. Bulbul was a milestone in the history of Syrian and Arab...

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Friday peacekeepers discovered more than “100 weapons caches” belonging to Hezbollah and its allies in south Lebanon since a ceasefire between the group and Israel. UN peacekeepers “uncovered over 100 weapons caches belonging to Hezbollah or...

Hamas is expected to release the first hostages under a Gaza ceasefire deal on Sunday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said on Friday. If successful, the ceasefire would halt fighting that has razed much of heavily urbanized Gaza, killed over 46,000 people, and displaced most of...

Lebanon's caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati announced on Friday that French President Emmanuel Macron has pledged to continue supporting Lebanon's new government led by Prime Minister-designate Nawaf Salam. The commitment came after a meeting between Mikati and Macron following the French...