Lebanon seeks to firm up state authority by naming new army chief, top security officials
Lebanon has appointed a new army chief and heads of three security agencies as the government seeks to firm up state ...
Hundreds of Civilians Take Shelter at Russian Air Base in Syria
Footage and satellite images reviewed by The Times show civilians in the compound. Thousands have fled violent unrest in the ...
Tribune Chronicle21h
Syria flashes signs of peril and promise in a week of violence and diplomacy
After Syria's longtime autocratic ruler was toppled late last year, the man who led rebel groups to victory immediately ...
Foreign Affairs15h
The Axis of Resistance Is Primed to Take Another Hit
Ever since its revolution in 1979, Iran has cultivated a network of proxies and friends throughout the Middle East. For years ...
Trump warns that arrest of Palestinian activist at Columbia will be 'first of many'
NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump warned Monday that the arrest and possible deportation of a Palestinian activist who ...
Syrian leader signs constitution that puts the country under an Islamist group’s rule for 5 years
Syria’s interim president on Thursday signed a temporary constitution that leaves the country under Islamist rule for five years during a transitional phase. The ...
Washington Monthly15h
What The Washington Post Could Learn From Sports Illustrated
He covered it for 11 years at The Washington Post and is currently a special contributor to Sports Illustrated. But here he’s ...
Mahmoud Khalil didn't wear a mask. He's now the face of President Trump's crackdown on campus protests
When protests over the Israel-Hamas war took root on Columbia University’s campus last spring, Mahmoud Khalil became a ...
Syria's fragile transition hit by deadly sectarian violence
Syria's fragile transition from decades of Assad family brutal rule has been greatly shaken with an outburst of sectarian retribution and killings, posing a serious challenge to the new leadership led ...