Author: Bassem Mroue
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IS militants kill at least 18 people in an attack on villagers collecting truffles in eastern Syria
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Syria’s activists and pro-government media say Islamic State militants have killed at least 18 people in an attack on villagers collecting truffles in eastern Syria
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Strikes along Israel-Lebanon border kill 4 people as US envoy visits Beirut to press a cease-fire
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State media in Lebanon says an Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon has killed three paramedics from the militant group Hezbollah
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Gaza doctor says gunfire accounted for 80% of the wounds at his hospital from aid convoy bloodshed
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The head of a Gaza hospital where some of the wounded from bloodshed surrounding an aid convoy were taken says more than 80% had been struck by gunfire
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Israel’s defense chief says military ‘thoroughly planning’ offensive in crowded Gaza border town
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Israel’s defense minister says Israel is “thoroughly planning” its promised military offensive in the southern Gaza town of Rafah
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Israeli forces storm the main hospital in southern Gaza, saying hostages were likely held there
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Israeli forces have stormed the main hospital in southern Gaza in what the army says is a search for the remains of hostages taken by Hamas
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Israeli airstrikes killed 10 Lebanese civilians in a single day. Hezbollah has vowed to retaliate
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Lebanon’s state-run news agency says the civilian death toll from two Israeli strikes in Lebanon the day before has now risen to 10, making it the single deadliest day in more than four months of near-daily cross-border exchanges
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A look at the arsenals of Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah militia as cross-border strikes escalate
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The slow-simmering cross-border conflict between Lebanon’s Hezbollah militant group and Israeli forces has escalated, reviving fears that the daily clashes could expand into an all-out war
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An Israeli drone strike in Lebanon kills 2 in one of the deepest hits inside the country in weeks
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An Israeli drone strike has hit a car near Lebanon’s southern port city of Sidon, killing at least two people and wounding two others
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Israel seeks to evacuate Palestinians jammed into a southern Gaza city ahead of an expected invasion
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he has ordered the military to prepare a plan for the evacuation of the population of the southern Gaza city of Rafah ahead of an expected ground invasion
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Report: drones attack convoy in east Syria coming from Iraq
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BEIRUT • Drones attacked a convoy of trucks in eastern Syria Sunday night shortly after it crossed into the country from Iraq, Syrian opposition activists and a pro-government radio station said. There was no immediate word on casualties. The strike comes amid heightening tension between Iran and its rivals in the region. It was not…





