Syria has received many visitors since the civil war ended – but what it really wants is tourists
Mourhaf Nazha cut a lonely figure at his family’s hotel business during the civil war. Few customers were…
From phone taps to arrests: the intelligence trail behind a Lebanon-Syria security operation
By infiltrating phones, tracking communications and piecing together intelligence across the border, Lebanese and Syrian security authorities uncovered…
Iraq to put thousands of ISIS suspects transferred from Syria on trial
Iraq has finished interrogating thousands of ISIS suspects transferred from Syria and is preparing to put them on…
Joseph Aoun asks Greece to help ensure Israel implements Lebanon deal in full
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun has asked Greece to help ensure the full implementation of a US-mediated agreement with…
Israel strikes Syria and Lebanon despite US-brokered diplomacy
Israel has carried out attacks and ground raids in southern Syria, while intensifying air strikes and demolitions across…
Qatar PM heads to Tehran seeking to discuss Strait of Hormuz
Qatar’s Prime Minister, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman, is travelling to Tehran in an attempt to revive negotiations between…
Syria says it held high-level talks with Israel to defuse rising tensions
Syria has held high-level talks with an Israeli delegation in Jordan under US mediation, as Damascus seeks to…
Turkey seeks Interpol red notice against Netanyahu over Gaza aid flotilla case
Turkey has requested Interpol red notices against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and another suspect, as part of…
Lebanon’s President Aoun meets Pope Leo in Rome
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun has met Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican as part of an official visit…
Israeli warplanes strike airfield runway in Syria’s Idlib, state TV reports
Israeli warplanes carried out eight air strikes targeting the runway of Abu Al Duhur military airfield in the…
Who’s next after Assad death sentence? Justice awaits 3,500 former regime figures at large
A death sentence against a once-feared cousin of Bashar Al Assad has helped assuage a mass thirst for…
Hezbollah once paid families $14,000 when Israel destroyed their homes. Now it may not afford to
Hezbollah has yet to pay out compensation for damage to homes in southern Lebanon and Beirut’s southern suburbs…