Experts warn Israel’s extended occupation may undermine Lebanon’s government, embolden Hezbollah and raise uncertainties in post-war Syria.

It seems that the Syrian and Lebanese people’s way out of their ordeal is of two phases. The first, which is now nearing its end, is the phase of foreign (Iranian and, in Syria’s case, Russia as well) ...

Syria invaded Lebanon in 1976 during the early years of the Lebanese civil war, maintaining an occupation and exerting substantial military and political influence for nearly 30 years before being ...

But such research was conducted while Assad was still in power, and it has only been several weeks since Assad fell. As a ...

Syria's new leader Ahmad Sharaa called on Lebanon Saturday to forget about the past "negative" relations resulting from decades of the Assad family's rule.

Israel and Hamas reached a deal to resolve a disagreement over the exchange of a female civilian hostage that had threatened ...

Syria under Mr. Assad and before him his ... Shiite movement that emerged from resistance to Israel’s occupation in southern Lebanon, gradually replaced the Assads as the main power broker ...

“I invite all parties to discuss a comprehensive defense policy that enables the state to end the Israeli occupation ... Syrian refugees, which he said had existential implications for Lebanon.

amid Israel’s occupation of Lebanon during the 1975-90 civil war that served as a proxy war for the competing regional and imperialist powers. Backed by Syria and Iran, it drew its support ...

On 8 October 2023, Hezbollah began raining rockets and drones down on northern Israel in solidarity, it said, with its brothers-in-arms in Gaza. In September 2024, Israel changed its war aims to ...