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Disarming Hezbollah is key to Lebanon’s recovery − but the task is complicated by regional shifts, ceasefire violations
A shaky truce is still in place in Lebanon. But the country remains on a tenuous footing with Israeli forces in the country’s ...
Analysis: After meeting Trump, Syria's new leader must prove his willingness, capability
President Donald Trump's announcement of the cessation of U.S. sanctions, along with his meeting with Syrian interim ...
Trump’s lifting of Syria sanctions is a win for Turkey, too – pointing to outsized role middle powers can play in regional affairs
President Donald Trump announced while in Saudi Arabia on May 14, 2025, that the United States would lift sanctions on Syria. The turnaround was a huge victory for the government of Syrian President ...
The Times of Israel on MSN8d
Purge of Hezbollah from Beirut airport satisfying Israeli, US officials — report
Officials say staff linked to Iran-backed terror group fired; smugglers detained; new surveillance deployed at Lebanon's only ...
Iraqi News6d
Syria’s Al-Sharaa cancels Baghdad’s Arab Summit invitation
Sharaa, will not attend an upcoming Arab League summit in Baghdad, an Arab diplomatic source said Monday, as powerful Iraqi ...
Trump’s embrace of Syria and its jihadist-turned-president could shake up the Middle East
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday had tea with a former jihadist who until recently had a $10 million US bounty on his ...
Houston Chronicle4d
Disarming Hezbollah is key to Lebanon’s recovery − but task is complicated by regional shifts, ceasefire violations
Mireille Rebeiz, Dickinson College (THE CONVERSATION) Within a span of two weeks from late April to early May 2025, Israel launched two aerial attacks ostensibly targeting Hezbollah in Lebanon ...