Middle East

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s president pleaded Thursday with tens of thousands of protesters who have blocked main roads and paralyzed…

Anti-government rallies have renewed across Iraq, the second phase of protests that turned deadly earlier this month and which could…

NAHARAYIM PARK, Israel (AP) — The Naharayim park was established 25 years ago as a symbol of the landmark peace…

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Iran executed seven child offenders last year and two so far this year even though human…

Kurdish forces in northeastern Syria left several positions along the long border with Turkey Thursday, complying with a deal that…

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli authorities have demolished at least 140 Palestinian homes in east Jerusalem this year, a rights group…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Dubai has loosened its liquor laws to allow tourists to purchase alcohol in state-controlled…

BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian state media and a war monitoring group say a car bombing wounded several people in a…

President Donald Trump ended sanctions against Turkey on Wednesday, drawing a line under American involvement in “blood-stained” Syria, as Turkish…

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — A Palestinian court has blocked access to 59 websites critical of the Palestinian Authority, a…