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Israeli missile strikes hit military positions used by pro-Iran groups near the Syrian capital Damascus overnight, a war monitor said Friday.

Taliban co-founder Mullah Baradar will lead a new Afghan government that could be announced soon, sources in the Islamist group said on Friday, as it battled rebel fighters while striving … Read More

Lebanon registered 1,121 new COVID-19 cases and nine deaths in the past 24 hours, the Health Ministry reported Thursday.

Lebanon registers nine COVID-19 deaths, 1,121 cases in last 24 hours

President Michel Aoun and Prime Minister-designate Najib Mikati Thursday locked horns over responsibility for obstructing the formation of a new government, in a negative development that shattered hopes for breaking … Read More

Israel has named its first ambassador to Bahrain, after normalising relations with the Gulf Arab state a year ago, an Israeli government Arabic-language Twitter account said on Thursday.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Thursday he was ready to take confidence-building measures and restore calm in the Palestinian territories though Israel’s actions had made a two-state solution impossible.

If the definition of victory has become blurry, it is quite clear what defeat looks like. The end of the US presence in Afghanistan is one example.

As increasing numbers of Lebanese citizens flee the country due to multiple entrenched crises, a recent report by The American University of Beirut’s Lebanon Crisis Observatory has foreshadowed a third … Read More

Sweden beat Spain 2-1 in Stockholm Thursday to take control of their group in World Cup qualifying, while Italy were held by Bulgaria in their first match since winning Euro … Read More