The deal, not yet formally announced, outlines a six-week initial ceasefire phase and includes the gradual withdrawal of ...

Israel and Hamas agreed to a deal to halt fighting in Gaza and exchange Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners, an official briefed on the deal told Reuters on Wednesday, opening ...

The “Democratic Gathering” parliamentary bloc, led by MP Taymour Jumblatt, described Lebanon’s current juncture as “a ...

Analysis: Lebanon's politics have been transformed within a week, with Hezbollah losing control of the executive branch after 17 years of consolidating power.

In 1982 an uprising in the city of Hama by the Muslim Brotherhood, a Sunni Islamist group originating in Egypt, challenged ...