For 20-odd days last autumn, Lt Col Alok Kumar Singh and his 70 fellow UN peacekeepers were trapped at their Unifil base in Shebaa village as fighting between Israel and Hezbollah raged around them.

Several close U.S. allies have urged a return to the negotiating table in the wake of American strikes on Iran while noting the threat posed by Iran's nuclear program. Some ...

He remained in contact with Lebanese security leadership, following up on measures agreed upon during last Saturday’s security meeting at Baabda Palace. President Aoun also reviewed the government’s ...

War-weary Syrians and Lebanese watch from the sidelines as ... Syrians resented Iran’s heavy-handed intervention in support of former President Bashar Assad during the country’s civil war, ...

In a park overlooking Damascus, 25-year-old Khaldoun Hallak has spent the past few evenings with his friends, drinking yerba mate, snacking on nuts, smoking hookah pipes and watching the sky for ...

A U.S.-brokered ceasefire deal brought an end to the latest Israel-Hezbollah war in November. The Lebanese militant group — which lost much of its senior leadership and arsenal in the conflict — has ...

Many Syrians resented Iran’s heavy-handed intervention in support of former President Bashar Assad during the country’s civil war, but are also angered by Israel’s incursions and airstrikes ...

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — In a park overlooking Damascus, 25-year-old Khaldoun Hallak has spent the past few evenings with his friends, drinking yerba mate, snacking on nuts, smoking hookah pipes ...

But those countries have so far not been dragged directly into the conflict — which had killed at least 224 people in Iran and 24 in Israel as of Tuesday — and many in their war-weary ...