"To be honest, the Alawites clearly ask for international protection," a former Syrian diplomat told Newsweek.

Security cabinet to meet Sunday • Iran rejects Arab Gaza plan • Hamas ... Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in front of a map of Gaza (illustration). (photo credit: FLASH90/CANVA ...

Katz earlier this month had said troops would stay at five locations in southern Lebanon ... Iran-backed Shia Hezbollah group. "There is a buffer zone. It wasn't easy but I stood my ground, and we ...

The defense ministers of Syria and Lebanon agreed to a ceasefire on Monday, Syria’s state-run SANA news agency reported, ...

Normalizing ties with Lebanon has emerged as Israel's new emphasis after it greatly weakened Iran-backed Hezbollah during a ...

Lebanon said Monday that the suspension of flights to and from Iran has been extended. A presidency statement said the minister of public works and transport has been assigned “to extend the ...

“Iran supports any decision made through Lebanon's national consensus,” Qalibaf said in remarks to reporters in Beirut following a meeting with his counterpart Nabih Berri. The Parliament speaker ...

Aoun said Lebanon wanted “the best relations with Tehran, for the benefit of both countries and peoples.” During their meeting, Iran’s parliament speaker Mohammed Bagher Ghalibaf extended an ...

Another flight was also barred from taking off from Iran on Friday, which prompted protests in Lebanon from supporters of the Iran-backed Hezbollah group, who blocked the road to the country’s ...

During a meeting in Beirut on Sunday with Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, Aoun reiterated Lebanon’s desire to strengthen diplomatic and economic ...

Iran always wants stability, peace and security for Lebanon, Ghalibaf underlined. Islamic Republic of Iran provides all-out support wherever there is a consensus between government, nation, and the ...

“Iran and Lebanon must make the best decision in light of their historical relations and mutual interests,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei told a news briefing in Tehran. He said ...