Cui bono? It didn’t take long for headlines out of Syria to turn, did it? Locals that set fire to Hafez al Assad’s grave... Published 19 Dec, 2024 06:30am
World G7 to meet on Syria, government pledges ‘rule of law’ DAMASCUS: G7 leaders will attempt Friday to forge a common approach to the new government of Syria, which has... Published 13 Dec, 2024 11:43am
World Israel says it seized Golan buffer zone in self-defence OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Israel said Thursday it would “continue to act to defend itself” after France urged it to... Updated 12 Dec, 2024 11:01pm
Print Germany advocates peaceful Syria transition BERLIN: Germany’s foreign minister on Wednesday urged Israel and Turkey not to jeopardise a peaceful transition in... Updated 12 Dec, 2024 09:08am
World Israel denies its forces have gone past Syria buffer zone DAMASCUS: Israel denied on Tuesday that its forces had penetrated into Syrian territory beyond the buffer zone with... Published 10 Dec, 2024 05:11pm
World Israel has ‘destroyed the most important military sites in Syria’: war monitor DAMASCUS: A war monitor said Tuesday that Israel had “destroyed the most important military sites in Syria” with a... Published 10 Dec, 2024 01:29pm
World Israel army says deploying in Syria buffer zone OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: The Israeli military said Sunday it had deployed forces to a demilitarised buffer zone in... Updated 08 Dec, 2024 09:37pm
World Israeli airstrike attacks Syrian military targets An Israeli airstrike targeted some military sites in Syria’s central and southern parts early on Saturday, Syrian... Published 26 Oct, 2024 10:17am
World US envoy Hochstein to hold ceasefire talks with Lebanese officials, sources say BEIRUT/CAIRO: US envoy Amos Hochstein will hold talks with Lebanese officials in Beirut on Monday on conditions for... Published 21 Oct, 2024 01:51pm
World Hezbollah fights Israeli troops near Lebanon’s Ramiya village; third UN peacekeeper wounded BEIRUT/CAIRO: Hezbollah said on Sunday it was fighting Israeli forces trying to infiltrate Ramiya village in... Updated 13 Oct, 2024 11:57pm
World Israel says it eliminates Hezbollah ‘Golan Heights’ member, Syrian media report Israeli airstrikes OCCUPIED JERUSALEM/BEIRUT: Israel’s military said it had eliminated a Hezbollah member in Syria who relayed... Updated 10 Oct, 2024 01:09pm
World Two Israeli soldiers killed in combat in northern Israel, military says CAIRO: Israel’s military announced on Friday that two of its soldiers from the Golani Brigade had been killed in... Published 04 Oct, 2024 08:12pm
World Hezbollah fires rockets, Israel strikes after attack kills Lebanon rescuers BEIRUT: Hezbollah fighters in Lebanon and Israeli forces traded cross-border attacks, both sides said early Sunday,... Updated 08 Sep, 2024 10:07pm
World Lebanon says five killed in fresh Israel strikes BEIRUT: Lebanon’s health ministry said early Wednesday that Israeli strikes in the country’s east killed one person... Published 21 Aug, 2024 12:02pm
World Hezbollah says fired ‘intense rocket barrages’ at Israeli positions BEIRUT: Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah group said it launched several rocket salvos at Israeli army positions in... Published 20 Aug, 2024 12:33pm
World Israeli strike in south Lebanon kills 10, injures 5 BEIRUT: Around 10 people were killed, including two children, and five were wounded by an Israeli strike on a... Updated 17 Aug, 2024 02:00pm
World Lebanon says four Syrians killed in Israeli strike on south BEIRUT: The Lebanese health ministry said four Syrians were killed Thursday in an Israeli strike on the south, where... Published 01 Aug, 2024 10:52pm
World Hezbollah says top commander Fuad Shukr was in building targeted by Israeli strike, fate unknown BEIRUT: Lebanon’s Hezbollah said early on Wednesday its senior commander Fuad Shukr was in the building in the... Published 31 Jul, 2024 12:36pm
World Lufthansa, Air France halt Beirut flights as tensions rise BEIRUT: Air France and the German airline group Lufthansa said Monday they were suspending flights to Beirut after... Published 30 Jul, 2024 03:10am
World Israeli officials say they seek to avoid all-out war in Lebanon retaliation JERUSALEM/BEIRUT: Israel wants to hurt Hezbollah but not drag the Middle East into all-out war, two Israeli ... Published 30 Jul, 2024 03:10am
World Iran warns of serious consequences for any Israeli hit on Lebanon DUBAI: Any possible Israeli attack on Lebanon will have serious consequences for Israel, Iranian President Masoud... Published 29 Jul, 2024 08:38pm
World Israeli officials say they seek to avoid all-out war in Lebanon retaliation JERUSALEM/BEIRUT: Israel wants to hurt Hezbollah but not drag the Middle East into all-out war, two Israeli... Published 29 Jul, 2024 06:48pm
World Netanyahu, visiting site of Golan rocket fire, vows ‘severe’ response MAJDAL SHAMS: Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who on Monday visited the site of a deadly attack in the... Published 29 Jul, 2024 06:26pm
Markets Most Gulf markets gain on Fed rate cut optimism Most stock markets in the Gulf rose in early trade on Monday amid expectations of a US rate cut in September,... Published 29 Jul, 2024 03:24pm
World Blinken says ‘every indication’ Golan rocket fired by Hezbollah TOKYO: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Sunday that there was “every indication” that Lebanese group... Published 28 Jul, 2024 06:39pm
World Israel says Hezbollah rocket kills 12 at football ground, vows response OCCUPIED JERUSALEM/BEIRUT: A rocket attack on a football ground in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights killed 12... Published 28 Jul, 2024 10:57am
World Rocket kills 10 in annexed Golan MAJDAL SHAMS: Israel’s emergency medical service said at least 10 people were killed in the annexed Golan Heights... Published 28 Jul, 2024 06:49am
World Israeli military says it strikes Syrian army targets on Golan Heights JERUSALEM: Israeli tanks and artillery on Wednesday struck Syrian army targets that had violated the 1974... Published 10 Jul, 2024 07:05pm
Sanctions on Pakistan’s missile program not meant to ‘color other areas of cooperation’: US State Dept
Sanctions on Pakistan’s missile program not meant to ‘color other areas of cooperation’: US State Dept