There were hopes in Lebanon that the restoration of calm after the ouster of President Bashar Assad in Syria would mean that the large numbers of Syrian refugees living in Lebanon would return home. Some of that started to happen, but now a new influx of new refugees...
The leader of Yemen's Houthis has given Israel a deadline to lift its blockade on Gaza, warning that Yemeni "naval operations" against Israel could restart. Abdul Malik al-Houthi issued the ultimatum on Friday, suggesting Houthi attacks on Israel-linked shipping could...
Israel on Sunday said it was cutting off electricity to the Gaza Strip as it ramps up the collective punishment of the civilian population to pressure Hamas to release Israeli hostages, violating the ceasefire deal reached in January. Israeli Energy Minister Eli Cohen...
In the largest series of attacks against Lebanon since the November ceasefire, Israel has carried out dozens of airstrikes against areas around the border in southern Lebanon. Nearly 30 airstrikes have been confirmed. Casualty figures are still not confirmed, but one...
Last updated Sunday 3/9/25 7:43 PM EDT The situation in northwestern Syria continues to spiral out of control this weekend, as the Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) has been surging forces into the Alawite homelands in the Latakia and Tartus Governorates, clashing...
Thursday’s reports of fighting between the Syrian government and Alawite militias in Latakia Governorate have exploded into what some are calling an outright insurgency, with hundreds of people killed and reports of the ruling Islamists of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham...
President Donald Trump says he sent Iran a letter calling for the two countries to negotiate an agreement on Iran’s nuclear program. During his first term, Trump withdrew from a deal with Iran that limited and inspected Tehran’s nuclear energy program. In a clip of an...
President Donald Trump threatened to intensify the US economic war on Russia with large scale sanctions and tariffs. Trump’s post followed massive Russian attacks on Ukraine. Trump wrote on Friday, “Based on the fact that Russia is absolutely ‘pounding’ Ukraine on the...
Secretary of State Marco Rubio is launching an AI-driven effort to revoke the visas of foreigners in the US who "appear pro-Hamas" in a crackdown targeting pro-Palestine protests on college campuses, Axios reported on Thursday. The report said the effort will involve...
Ukraine's British-provided Storm Shadow missiles are likely to be useless now that the US has paused intelligence sharing with the Ukrainian military, the Daily Mail reported on Thursday. The report said that the UK is among several countries that have received orders...
