Former Syrian vice president Rifaat al Assad, brother of the late President Hafez al Assad, died on Tuesday.
Rifaat was known by critics as the "butcher of Hama" for crushing an uprising in the city in 1982 before unsuccessfully challenging for (...)
Israel is grappling with a dramatic increase in post-traumatic stress disorder and suicide among its troops as fighting persists in Gaza and Lebanon and as tensions flare with Iran, Reuters reported citing recent reports by the country's Defense (...)
RIYADH — "The region needs stability," Saudi Arabia's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel Al-Jubeir said, as he addressed questions on escalating tensions involving Iran and warnings of possible US military action.
"Our goal is to achieve (...)
US President Donald Trump has said he has been told "the killing in Iran has stopped", but the US president has not ruled out military action against the country over its violent crackdown on anti-government protesters.
The United States has (...)
RIYADH — The Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs welcomed the United States' decision to classify branches of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, Jordan, and Lebanon as terrorist organizations.
In a statement, the ministry said the US designation (...)
WASHINGTON — Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan met on Wednesday in Washington with US Senator Jeanne Shaheen, vice chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, as part of his official visit to the United States.
The meeting (...)
The Israeli military has carried out a new round of air strikes in southern Lebanon, less than a day after Israel and Lebanon held their first direct talks in decades.
Residents of the towns of Mjadel, Baraachit, Jbaa and Mahrouna were told to (...)
Israeli strikes across Gaza killed at least 28 Palestinians on Wednesday in the latest escalation of violence since the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas took effect.
The Israel Defense Forces said it carried out the strikes on Hamas targets after (...)
An Israeli strike on a Palestinian refugee camp in southern Lebanon killed 13 people on Tuesday, according to the Lebanese health ministry.
Several others were injured by the strike on the Ain al-Hilweh camp on the outskirts of the coastal city of (...)
BEIRUT — Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam told a visiting Saudi delegation in Beirut that Lebanon is fully committed to ensuring its territory is not used to harm the security of Arab countries or to facilitate drug smuggling.
According to a (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Waleed Al-Khuraiji on Sunday took part in the "Tolerance Forum," hosted by the King Abdulaziz Center for National Dialogue to mark the International Day for Tolerance.
In his remarks, Al-Khuraiji (...)
Despite decades of conflict, the region still mistakes force for strength and neglects the quiet power of diplomacy.
The Middle East has long been trapped in a cycle of repetition: wars that promise change but deliver none, truces that fade before (...)
Lebanon on Saturday launched the fourth stage of its plan to collect weapons from Palestinian refugee camps, local media reported.
The Lebanese army began receiving arms from the Beddawi camp in the north and Ain al-Hilweh camp near the southern (...)
RIYADH — The security authorities have seized a huge cache of 6,875,000 amphetamine pills, hidden in a shipment of paint containers. The drugs were transported from Lebanon in an attempt to smuggle them to another country via the Jeddah Islamic (...)
French MEP Rima Hassan has told Euronews she's "honored" by the controversial decision of students at Brussels Free University (ULB) faculty of law to name their graduating class after her.
The decision by the students to name their class after (...)
RIYADH — The Saudi security authorities have contributed to foiling an attempt to smuggle 125 kg of cocaine into Lebanon.
Brig. Gen. Talal bin Abdul Mohsen bin Shalhoub, security spokesman of the Ministry of Interior, said that the Lebanese (...)
Israeli warplanes carried out a series of airstrikes on southern Lebanon on Sunday, in the latest violation of a ceasefire agreement that has been in place since November 2024.
Lebanon's state-run National News Agency said at least 10 strikes (...)
The UN Security Council voted unanimously on Thursday to terminate the UNIFIL peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon at the end of next year after nearly five decades, bowing to demands from the United States and its close ally Israel.
The United (...)
As the earliest stages of a massive assault on Gaza City take shape, Israel is calling up tens of thousands of reservists to take part in the impending military operation.
The takeover and occupation of the largest city in northern Gaza, which (...)
The Trump administration is pushing to end the United Nations peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon, a move strongly opposed by key European allies, raising tensions ahead of a critical vote at the U.N. Security Council later this month.
At stake (...)
Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem threatened open confrontation on Friday if Lebanon's government proceeds with plans to disarm the militant group, calling the cabinet decision an implementation of "US-Israeli orders."
The Lebanese Council of Ministers (...)
Israel had been planning a full-scale invasion of Iran for many years, but the re-election of Donald Trump coincided with a series of critical events paving the way to the direct attack in June this year, four current and former Israeli intelligence (...)
BEIRUT — Saudi Arabia hailed the efforts of the Lebanese Army to extend the government's sovereignty over all of the country's territories, as well as to ensure its security and stability, thus contributing to the prosperity of Lebanon and its (...)
Lebanon's government approved a US proposal on Thursday that would see the disarmament of the militant group Hezbollah and the Israeli military withdrawal from the south of the country.
Tensions have been rising in Lebanon amid increased domestic (...)
A group of some 600 retired Israeli security officials, including former heads of intelligence agencies, have written to US President Donald Trump to pressure Israel to immediately end the war in Gaza.
"It is our professional judgement that Hamas no (...)
