After the 1973 war, former Syrian President Hafez al-Assad realized that reclaiming the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights ...

BEIRUT, Lebanon, March 14 (UPI) --Normalizing ties with Lebanon has emerged as Israel's new emphasis after it greatly weakened Iran-backed Hezbollah during a devastating war, raising concerns over ...

US aims to curb Hezbollah influence in Lebanon financial system Candidates include asset management heads, IMF official Reforms needed for IMF talks and reconstruction support BEIRUT/WASHINGTON ...

Lebanon’s new government has won a confidence vote in parliament, following a speech by Prime Minister Nawaf Salam promising to push for economic reforms and to start negotiations with the ...

A doctor and professor was deported after she returned from a trip to Lebanon despite having a valid U.S. visa, according to a court petition filed on her behalf. Dr. Rasha Alawieh, an assistant ...

Nada Mohammed, who crossed into Lebanon on Sunday, said her village near the border, Karto, was woken up by a phone call at 4 a.m. from relatives telling her the militants had arrived in the ...

Dr. Rasha Alawieh works at Brown Medicine and Rhode Island Hospital, and she had secured an H-1B visa, her lawyer said PROVIDENCE — A Rhode Island doctor who had traveled to Lebanon to see her ...

But she was put on a flight to Paris, presumably on her way to Lebanon. In a second order filed Sunday morning, the judge said there was reason to believe U.S. Customs and Border Protection had ...

Airstrikes targeted sites near Damascus in Syria and deep inside Lebanon late Tuesday, the Israel Defense Forces said in a statement. In Syria, the strikes hit military storage sites that ...