BEIRUT – Lebanon’s new president and former army commander Joseph Aoun has maintained a low profile. Those who know him say ...

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The fall of longtime strongman Bashar al-Assad has created a power vacuum that threatens some of the United States' ...

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Israel’s army has confirmed that one of the bodies recovered from Gaza earlier this week was that of 23-year-old hostage ...

With a nearly unanimous 99 out of 128 votes, the Lebanese parliament elected the head of the army, Gen. Joseph Aoun, as ...

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U.S., French and German envoys have warned Syria's new Islamist rulers that their appointment of foreign jihadists to senior ...

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Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said on Friday that he had called for a moratorium on EU sanctions on Syria for six ...

With the downfall of the old Syrian regime, countries like Germany which welcomed Syrian refugees are now talking about ...