Saudi Arabia's foreign minister visits Lebanon on Thursday in the first trip to Beirut by Riyadh's top diplomat in 15 years, seeking a commitment to reform as the Gulf state reasserts sway in a country where Iranian influence is waning.

Syria’s de facto leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa, on Wednesday abolished the country’s constitution and declared himself president during a meeting of armed factions in Damascus.

At least eight people were killed and 20 others were injured, including women and children, after Turkish airstrikes targeted a busy market in

A federal judge yesterday temporarily blocked an order by President Trump to freeze trillions of dollars in federal grants and loans. Separately, Democratic attorneys general in 22 states and the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit against the order, saying Trump had gone far beyond his legal powers.

During a visit to Syria, after Assad's fall, Shahira Salloum, managing editor of Al-Araby Al-Jadeed, reflects on Syria's scars and debates about its future

An array of domestic and foreign powers are vying for influence in Lebanon, including the Lebanese Armed Forces, Hezbollah, Israel, Iran, Syria, and the United States.

A few days after the Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad fled into exile, in December, an elderly woman sat on the sidewalk outside a morgue in Damascus. Her head wrapped in a scarf, she rocked back and forth and clasped her hands, wailing about what she had lost to Assad’s regime. “Help me,” she called. “They took my sons. Where are they?”

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

Saudi Arabia's top diplomat said Friday the kingdom was seeking to help Syria's new authorities secure the lifting of international sanctions, during his first visit to Damascus since Bashar al-Assad's overthrow.

"Today, you can get in a car in Tehran and get out in the Dahia, Beirut." Five years and two months after Gen. Qasem Soleimani made this statement, the

Faisal bin Farhan made the comments during Saudi Arabia's first visit to Lebanon in over 13 years, which comes after Beirut elected a new president.