Lebanon's Mikati to Meet Syrian Leader Sharaa in Damascus, Lebanese Sources Say
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati will meet Syria's de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa in Damascus on Saturday, two Lebanese sources said, becoming the first head of ...
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Syria, Lebanon army officials holds talks on border security amid trafficking spike
The meeting between the Syrian chief of staff and the Lebanese military official was the first since the Assad regime was ...
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Syrian intelligence agency says it thwarted a planned Islamic State attack on a Shiite shrine
Intelligence officials in Syria’s new de facto government say they have thwarted a plan by the Islamic State group to set off a bomb at a Shiite shrine in the Damascus suburb of Sayyida Zeinab.
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Lebanon Braces for Monumental Changes in Next-Door Syria
The fall of the Assad regime will have a substantial impact on Lebanese politics, highlighting border tensions, refugee ...
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Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal in Damascus to meet Syria’s new leaders
Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister on Friday made his first visit to Syria since the fall of former president Bashar Al Assad ...
UN refugee chief calls for more help for Syria as refugees begin to return en masse
The United Nations refugee chief says some 200,000 refugees have returned to Syria from neighboring countries since the ...
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Lebanon’s PM meets Syria’s de facto leader in Damascus
Lebanon’s caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati has said Beirut and Damascus will work together to secure their land borders, as well as to delineate both land and sea borders. In the first trip ...
Middle East Latest: Israeli Forces May Not Pull Out of Lebanon on Time, Netanyahu Says
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suggested Friday that his county’s military might not withdraw all of its forces ...
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Lebanon PM Visits Damascus On First Such Trip Since Before Syria War
Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati arrived in Damascus Saturday in the first ... Syria was the dominant power in Lebanon for three decades under the Assad clan but withdrew its troops in 2005 ...
Lebanon in a state of uncertainty after the Syrian revolution
NEWS ANALYSIS. Between relief and apprehension, Lebanon is concerned about local repercussions of Syria's change of ...
Middle East latest: Ceasefires in Gaza and Lebanon appear at risk with disputes over deadlines
Ceasefires in Gaza and Lebanon appeared at risk on Sunday as disputes continued over key deadlines, and local health officials said that Israeli forces opened fire on both fronts. In Gaza, Israel ...