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It already appears evident that the days of Russia serving as its leading arms supplier have come to an ignominious end.

Bloodshed over the weekend highlighted the brittleness of the cease-fires in both places. Still, Israel, Hamas and Hezbollah each have reasons to postpone a new escalation, at least for a few weeks.

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan’s visits to Lebanon and Syria underscore Saudi Arabia’s renewed diplomatic push in the region amid shifting power dynamics.

The fall of the Assad regime will have a substantial impact on Lebanese politics, highlighting border tensions, refugee challenges, and Hezbollah’s influence. Normalization with Damascus depends on Lebanon’s domestic politics,

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Jan. 23 (UPI) --U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi called Thursday for cooperation between Syria's new authorities, host countries and donors to secure the return ...

Speaking at World Economic Forum in Davos, Finland's foreign minister says she is 'pretty sure there will be peace' in Ukraine in 2025 - Anadolu Ajansı

Israel is considering sending Soviet and Russian-made weapons captured in Lebanon to Ukraine, with signs transfers may be under way.

Under Assad, Syria was under heavy economic sanctions and mired in seemingly ... Previously, the few imported goods that were available were smuggled in from Lebanon by traders who risked arrest, or were acquired by bribing officials as businessmen ...

Christian, they’re all here.” So proclaimed a BBC journalist after the fall of Syria’s Bashar al-Assad. But the Jews are no longer there. My family fled for their lives from Syria decades ago.