Israel says struck Syrian air defences to thwart ‘future threats’ OCCUPPIED JERUSALEM: Israel’s military said on Tuesday that its warplanes struck southern Syria overnight, targeting... Published 11 Mar, 2025 02:39pm
Life & Style Berlin filmfest competitor ‘Yunan’ born of director’s experience of exile from Syria BERLIN: Director and screenwriter Ameer Fakher Eldin, whose family is from the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, said... Published 20 Feb, 2025 11:27am
Opinion 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 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 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 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
