3+ hour, 52+ min ago  (322+ words) The global chemical weapons watchdog on Thursday reinstated Syria's voting rights at the body, rewarding Damascus for "constructive engagement" with the organization and a willingness to destroy previously hidden stockpiles of toxic munitions. The decision by the executive council of…...

8+ hour, 27+ min ago  (487+ words) Lebanon demands Israel's withdrawal from two "pilot zones" in the south as a condition for participating in the next round of direct negotiations in Rome next week, a diplomatic source familiar with the talks told AFP on Wednesday. The two…...

8+ hour, 5+ min ago  (343+ words) A U. S. military delegation will arrive in Beirut in the coming days to coordinate the ground implementation of a framework agreement that calls for Hezbollah's disarmament and a gradual Israeli withdrawal from occupied Lebanese territory. U. S. Ambassador Michel Issa said Friday that…...

8+ hour, 29+ min ago  (261+ words) Amnesty International on Thursday accused Israel of wiping out families in its strikes on Lebanon during its war with Hezbollah, calling for these attacks to be investigated as war crimes. Amnesty analyzed three strikes on civilian homes between March 6 and…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (456+ words) People in Bahrain and Kuwait awoke on Wednesday to the now familiar sound of warning sirens and explosions in the distance, as Iranian strikes again dashed hopes of a return to normalcy. The latest round of strikes pushed U. S. President Donald…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago  (240+ words) President Joseph Aoun said Wednesday the majority of Lebanese people, including Shiites, back the state's move to negotiate with Israel. "I chose negotiations because I could not stand by and watch my country being led into the abyss to serve…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (176+ words) U. S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he believes that Israel will eventually withdraw from south Lebanon. "Well, I talked to Bibi (Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu) about that. I think they're going to, I think they want to," Trump said in…...

21+ hour, 8+ min ago  (139+ words) Hezbollah chief Sheikh Naim Qassem said Wednesday that "there is no solution other than an Israeli withdrawal in return for the Lebanese Army's deployment south of the Litani." "The framework agreement sells Lebanon to the Zionist entity and it does…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago  (139+ words) Naharnet Aoun condemns Iranian attacks on Kuwait and Bahrain President Joseph Aoun has followed the developments regarding the Iranian attacks that targeted Bahrain and Kuwait on Wednesday, saying the strikes are "a blatant violation of the sovereignty and territorial integrity…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (692+ words) U. S. President Donald Trump's Board of Peace is planning a pilot "humanitarian zone" in southern Gaza which would aim to accommodate tens of thousands of vetted Palestinian civilians, a board official told AFP. The official said the zone could act as…...