Riyadh — United States President Donald Trump told Gulf leaders on Wednesday that he urgently wants "to make a deal" with Iran to wind down its nuclear program. "Tehran must end its support of proxy groups throughout the region as part of any (...)
JORDAN VALLEY — Dust was rising on the track. It hung in the hot midday air as the white jeep came toward us. The driver was less than a minute away.
"I think it's Moshe Sharvit," said Gil Alexander, 72, a devout religious Jew who tries to protect (...)
India's strikes on Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir have unleashed a wave of misinformation online, with unrelated videos purporting to be from the strikes gaining millions of views.
Dramatic clips debunked by BBC Verify have claimed to (...)
A failed interception of a missile fired from Yemen forced Israel to briefly shut down its main international airport on Sunday, exposing the country's vulnerabilities and the Houthi rebels' continued ability to strike distant targets despite a (...)
The Houthi rebels in Yemen announced on Sunday evening the imposition of a comprehensive air blockade on Israel, in what it described as a response to the Israeli government's decision to expand its military operations in the Gaza Strip.
In a (...)
Israel's war in Gaza grinds on, but opposition is growing.
In recent weeks, thousands of Israeli reservists – from all branches of the military – have signed letters demanding that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government stop the fighting and (...)
Syria strongly condemned foreign intervention in the country following a rare Israeli strike near Damascus on Wednesday amid deadly sectarian violence.
Syria said the Israeli strike killed at least one security officer and injured several other (...)
Israel has bombed the southern suburbs of Beirut for the third time since a ceasefire with the Lebanese group Hezbollah took effect at the end of November last year.
About an hour before the strike, Israel issued a warning stating that it was (...)
Lebanon will place all weapons under the control of the state but will wait for the "right conditions" to implement the plan, President Joseph Aoun said on Sunday.
Speaking after a meeting with Maronite Patriarch Cardinal Bechara Boutros Al-Rai, (...)
Iran and Armenia conducted two days of joint military drills, involving high-level military personnel, which the two said involved simulated terrorist threats targeting border checkpoints.
The exercises were conducted last week on Iranian and (...)
It was a typical Friday lunchtime in Beirut's southern suburb. Then, a single warning, posted in Arabic on X by a spokesperson for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), triggered panic and chaos in the densely populated area known as Dahieh.
"Urgent (...)
Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil, a prominent pro-Palestinian activist facing deportation by the Trump administration, described his March 8 arrest by immigration authorities as an "abduction" in an op-ed published Saturday in the Columbia (...)
An Israeli airstrike on Beirut's southern Dahieh suburb early Tuesday killed four people and injured seven, according to Lebanon's Health Ministry, further straining a fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah.
The strike, which damaged the top (...)
MAKKAH — Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman received princes, scholars, sheikhs, ministers, and senior officials who offered their Eid Al-Fitr greetings at the Royal Court in Al-Safa Palace on Sunday.
The Crown Prince also received (...)
MAKKAH — Lebanese Prime Minister Dr. Nawaf Salam expressed his gratitude to Saudi Arabia for its role in facilitating talks between Beirut and Damascus, highlighting the Kingdom's efforts in addressing key unresolved issues with Syria.
Speaking (...)
The Israeli army fired warning shots at United Nations peacekeepers patrolling near the southern Lebanese town of Rmeish, the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) said Saturday.
UNIFIL spokesperson Andrea Tenenti confirmed that no injuries occurred (...)
JEDDAH — Saudi Arabia hosted a meeting in Jeddah on Thursday between Syria's Minister of Defense, Maj. Gen. Eng. Murhaf Abu Qasra, and Lebanon's Minister of National Defense, Maj. Gen. Michel Mansi, along with their accompanying security (...)
At least seven people were killed and 40 others injured on Saturday in Israeli airstrikes targeting several areas in Lebanon, according to official Lebanese sources.
The Lebanese Health Ministry confirmed that five people, including a child, were (...)
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on Saturday condemned any attempts to drag Lebanon back into a cycle of violence, following an Israeli airstrike campaign on villages and towns in southern Lebanon in response to a rocket attack on the Israeli (...)
At least one Lebanese woman was killed and five others injured on Saturday as Israeli airstrikes and shelling targeted several towns across southern Lebanon, in response to rocket fire from Lebanese territory aimed at northern Israel.
According to (...)
Germany has reopened its embassy in Damascus, 13 years after it was shuttered in the early phase of Syria's civil war.
Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock reopened the mission during a visit to the Syrian capital, her second trip to the country since (...)
The defense ministers of Syria and Lebanon agreed to a ceasefire on Monday, Syria's state-run SANA news agency reported, after cross-border attacks left 10 dead and more than 50 wounded.
The two officials also agreed to strengthen coordination and (...)
The Vatican has released the first image of Pope Francis since he was admitted to hospital a month ago.
The photo shows the pontiff sitting in a wheelchair in front of an altar at a chapel in Rome's Gemelli Hospital, where he has been recovering (...)
Syria's leader Ahmed al-Sharaa has vowed to hold anyone involved in harming civilians accountable after days of clashes where Syrian security forces allegedly killed hundreds of civilians from the Alawite community.
A UK-based monitor said 830 (...)
Lebanon will require an estimated $11 billion for economic recovery and reconstruction following the conflict with Israel, according to a report released Friday by the Lebanon Rapid Damage and Needs Assessment (RDNA) 2025.
The report indicates that (...)
