Last Updated: Monday, December 30, 2013, 18:23
At least 15 Palestinians have died of hunger since September in a besieged refugee camp in the Syrian capital Damascus, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees said on Monday.
Last Updated: Monday, December 30, 2013, 11:44
Lebanon announced a Saudi pledge of $3 billion on Sunday to buy military equipment from France, as it buried leading Sunni politician Mohammad Chatah, killed in a Beirut car bombing.
Last Updated: Sunday, December 29, 2013, 01:48
A Lebanese teenager seen posing for a group "selfie" in front of a bomb-laden car moments before it exploded in Beirut died of his wounds on Saturday.
Last Updated: Saturday, December 28, 2013, 01:16
A huge car bomb blast in central Beirut Friday killed six people including an influential member of a coalition opposed to the Syrian regime, leaving cars ablaze and buildings wrecked.
Last Updated: Friday, December 27, 2013, 22:29
A group loyal to al Qaeda has said a top Hezbollah official reportedly killed earlier this month had actually died in Beirut blasts in November that targeted the Iranian embassy.
Last Updated: Friday, December 27, 2013, 19:18
Lebanon`s former PM Saad al-Hariri accused Hezbollah of involvement in Friday`s bomb attack in Beirut that killed his adviser Mohamad Chatah.
Last Updated: Friday, December 27, 2013, 13:37
An explosion rocked the Lebanese capital Beirut on Friday, causing an unknown number of casualties.
Last Updated: Wednesday, December 25, 2013, 16:36
A 10-day air offensive by Syria`s regime against rebel areas of divided Aleppo and nearby villages has killed more than 400 people, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Wednesday.
Last Updated: Friday, December 20, 2013, 00:59
The body of a British doctor whose death in a Syrian jail was announced this week will be transported to Britain`s embassy in Beirut, Syria`s deputy foreign minister on Thursday said.
Last Updated: Tuesday, December 17, 2013, 15:21
Two children were among at least 13 people killed in new air strikes on a rebel-held district of Syria`s main northern city of Aleppo on Tuesday, a watchdog said.
Last Updated: Saturday, December 7, 2013, 10:21
A group of nuns from the historic Christian town of Maalula in Syria have denied they were kidnapped by rebels, in a video broadcast by Al-Jazeera news channel.
Last Updated: Wednesday, December 4, 2013, 13:03
Hezbollah accused Israel of assassinating one of its top leaders near Beirut on Wednesday at a time of soaring sectarian tensions in Lebanon linked to the civil war in neighbouring Syria.
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