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Pompeo heads to Lebanon, where Hezbollah is at peak strength
Middle East

Pompeo heads to Lebanon, where Hezbollah is at peak strength

BEIRUT (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo hopes to use his first visit to Lebanon this week to…
UN agency calls for more access in Syria to help refugees return
Middle East

UN agency calls for more access in Syria to help refugees return

BEIRUT (Reuters) – The United Nations refugee agency should have a bigger presence inside Syria to observe and help refugees…
Lebanon warns against using its territory for EastMed pipeline
Middle East

Lebanon warns against using its territory for EastMed pipeline

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon on Thursday warned its Mediterranean neighbors that a planned EastMed gas pipeline from Israel to the…
Revolutionary Guards’ Soleimani flexes political muscle
Middle East

Revolutionary Guards’ Soleimani flexes political muscle

(Reuters) – Qassem Soleimani’s role in a political crisis in Iran highlights the influence of the leader of the Revolutionary…
Hezbollah slams Britain’s terrorist group listing
Middle East

Hezbollah slams Britain’s terrorist group listing

BEIRUT (Reuters) – The Lebanese group Hezbollah condemned on Friday the British government’s decision to list it as a terrorist…
Britain to ban Lebanon’s Hezbollah as terrorist group
Middle East

Britain to ban Lebanon’s Hezbollah as terrorist group

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain said on Monday it plans to ban all wings of Hezbollah due to its destabilizing influence…
Iran starts Gulf war games, to test submarine-launched missiles
Middle East

Iran starts Gulf war games, to test submarine-launched missiles

DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran on Friday began large-scale naval drills at the mouth of the Gulf, which will feature its…
Syrians act in playback theater to heal war trauma
Culture

Syrians act in playback theater to heal war trauma

BEIRUT (AP) — The young Syrian woman walked on stage in a theater and began telling the story of her…
Iran-backed groups corner Iraq’s postwar scrap metal market
Middle East

Iran-backed groups corner Iraq’s postwar scrap metal market

MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) – The wrecks of vehicles used by Islamic State militants as car bombs and other metal debris…
New Lebanese government to prepare statement on policy goals
Middle East

New Lebanese government to prepare statement on policy goals

  BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon’s new government will start preparing its policy statement on Monday, it said on Saturday, as…
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