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Lebanon’s new government faces a host of daunting challenges that begin with halting the country’s economic collapse, embarking on essential reforms, resolving the severe food, fuel and medicine shortages and … Read More

An uneasy calm held sway in a southern Syrian city Sunday after its opposition-held half returned to state control under a surrender deal, AFP journalists on a government-organised tour said.

Lebanon registered 11 coronavirus deaths and 785 cases in the past 24 hours, the Health Ministry reported Sunday.

Iraq’s Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi met Iran’s recently-elected President Ebrahim Raisi on Sunday to discuss the neighbours’ economic relations, official sources said.

The European Union Sunday urged Lebanon’s new government to move quickly to adopt reforms that would pave the way for a deal with the International Monetary Fund to halt the … Read More

Two more Turkish soldiers were killed in cross-border operations in Syria and Iraq, the defence ministry said on Sunday, bringing the total military casualties to four at the weekend.

Private sector companies in the UAE will have to fill 10% of their positions with Emirati nationals in five years time, the UAE said on Sunday in its latest tranche … Read More

Iran is to allow the U.N. nuclear watchdog to service monitoring cameras at Iranian nuclear sites after talks on Sunday with IAEA head Rafael Grossi, according to the head of … Read More

The FBI on Saturday released the first document related to its investigation of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States and allegations of Saudi government support for the … Read More

Lebanon’s new government, finally formed in the throes of an accelerating economic meltdown after 13 months of political deadlock, has its work cut out.