RABAT — Morocco's tourism industry looks set to have had a record year, boosting the wider economy, despite September's earthquake and what sector professionals see as some disruption to winter...
TEL AVIV — Israel will gradually transition to the next phase of its operations in Gaza in which the local population would likely be able to first return to the north of the coastal strip, the...
BAGHDAD — Iraqis voted Monday in the first provincial council elections held in a decade, which were expected to strengthen the dominance of pro-Iranian Shiite Muslim groups. The vote comes at a...
BEIRUT — French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna warned on Monday that "the risk of escalation remains very high" in southern Lebanon, stressing France's "concern" about the risk of a "regional...
BEIRUT — In a recent escalation of hostilities, Hezbollah claimed responsibility for targeting "two Iron Dome platforms" in Israel, striking north of the Israeli town of Kabri around 2:30 p.m. This...
SANAA — Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels said Monday they had attacked two "Israeli-linked" vessels in the Red Sea in solidarity with Gaza, as more companies halt transit through the troubled but...
Eight-year-old Linah was sitting in front of the television screen in the family’s living room alongside her parents and five siblings. Together, they watched the live broadcast of the Israeli army...
Joseph Aoun won the battle. On Friday, Parliament extended his term of office at the head of the military for another year, despite attempts to end his political career with his retirement —...
BEIRUT — Last Christmas, inside Wadih Diab’s home in Ain Ibl, a fireplace crackled with dancing flames. Above the mantelpiece, green tinsel garland intertwined with sparkling ornaments. A Christmas...
The Egyptian election authority announced Monday that sitting President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi had won a new six-year term with 89.6 percent of the vote. Authority head Hazem...
A Norwegian ship was hit by an "unidentified object" in the Red Sea on Monday, its owner said, as a series of shipping companies have suspended transit in the region following Yemeni rebel attacks....
British energy giant BP on Monday said it had joined other companies in suspending transits through the Red Sea after Yemen's Houthi rebels targeted Israel with missiles....
A sluggish economy, political wrangling and delayed reforms have turned Kuwait into one of the Gulf's most laggard states, a reality Sheikh Meshal will have to confront as the new emir....
Results in Egypt's presidential election are due to be announced on Monday, with Abdel Fattah al-Sisi expected to secure a third term that would keep him in power till 2030 in a vote in which...
As if taking the lives of nearly 19,000 people was not enough, the Israeli army attacked those who were already resting in peace. In recent weeks, Palestinian burial grounds were desecrated amid...
Jailed Iranian Nobel Peace laureate Narges Mohammadi this week faces a new trial and risks being transferred out of Tehran to a new prison to serve an eventual sentence, her family said on Monday....
Fuel distribution across 60 percent of Iran's gas stations was disrupted Monday due to a "possible sabotage," state media reported. It was not immediately clear what...
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin arrived in Israel on Monday for talks expected to focus on Israel's eventual end to the high-intensity war in Gaza and its transition to a more limited, focused...
Four Palestinians were killed on Monday in the Faraa refugee camp south of the West Bank city of Tubas in an ongoing Israeli military raid, the Palestinian health ministry said in a statement.
Jordan's army on Monday said it had seized weapons and drugs after clashes with armed drug dealers along the Syrian border at dawn, and officials said the gunmen were linked to pro-Iranian...
A "possible explosion" struck a key shipping lane off Yemen Monday, two maritime agencies said, the latest incident in the vital waterway threatened by Houthi rebel attacks....
The group Human Rights Watch on Monday accused the Israeli government of intentionally starving civilians in Gaza as part of its offensive in the besieged Palestinian territory. ...
The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said Monday that at least 110 Palestinians had been killed since the previous day in Israeli strikes on a northern part of the territory....
BEIRUT — Ogero, the public operator responsible for managing fixed telephone and internet services in Lebanon, reported on Monday a breakdown at its Jeita center "due to high pressure on the...
Hamas has been the focus of a relentless Israeli onslaught in Gaza but with resilient and diverse finances, it is expected to have a significant war chest at its disposal as the conflict drags...
The United Nations Security Council will vote Monday on a new resolution calling for an "urgent and sustainable cessation of hostilities" in Gaza, as Washington exhibits growing impatience with key...
The head of the World Health Organization on Sunday denounced "the effective destruction" of the Kamal Adwan hospital in the north of Gaza, adding that at least eight patients had died....
A pregnant woman was among eight civilians killed on Sunday during bombardments by the Syrian army in the last major rebel stronghold in the northwest, a war monitor said....
Israeli air strikes against targets near Damascus wounded two Syrian soldiers on Sunday, the Syrian defense ministry said in a statement carried by state media. "At around...
22:27 Beirut Time Thank you for following our LIVE coverage from day 73 of the Hamas-Israel war. You can read a summary of today's events here. We'll be back tomorrow with...
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