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US Says UN Sanctions on Iran Have Now Been Reimposed. What Does that Mean?

120,000-Year-Old Footprints Found in North-West Saudi Arabia

Lebanon’s Crises Push the Poor on Board Deadly Dinghies

Beirut Blast Adds to Women's Concerns

Young Lebanese Surgeon Finds New Sense of Duty

Beirut in Race to Save Heritage before Rain Returns

Lebanon Faces Medicine Shortages, Stocks Won’t Last More than a Month

Since March, the Lebanese have been suffering from the shortage of a number of medicines, especially those for chronic diseases, for intermittent periods that used to reach 15 days. Today, obtaining some medications requires a tour of a number of pharmacies and promises to secure them after perio

Damascus under Fire for Poor Handling of Bread, Gasoline Shortages

The Syrian government ordered that daily family bread rations be reduced after failing to provide subsidized bread and gasoline to the people.

Analysis: A Syrian-Libyan Trade-off at The Russian-Turkish Table

It is no coincidence that Turkey announced the imminent conclusion of an agreement with Russia on a ceasefire in Libya after the two parties revealed a sudden crisis between them in northwestern Syria.

Testimony of Syrian ‘Gravedigger’ at German Court Rivals Horrors of Nazi Crimes

British Company Concerned over its Oil ‘Rights’ in Northeastern Syria

Iraqis Dig up COVID-19 Dead to Rebury in Family Graves

Arabic Theatre Is Cultural Lifeline for Sweden's Migrants

Baath Archive Opens Debate, Old Wounds in Iraq

A trove of Saddam-era files secretly returned to Iraq has pried open the country's painful past, prompting hopes some may learn the fate of long-lost relatives along with fears of new bloodshed. The five million pages of internal Baath Party documents were found in 2003, just months after the US-

Ali Baba's Cave: How a Massive Bomb Came Together in Beirut’s Port

Fifteen tons of fireworks. Jugs of kerosene and acid. Thousands of tons of ammonium nitrate. A system of corruption and bribes let the perfect bomb sit for years. Late last year, a new security officer at the port of Beirut stumbled upon a broken door and a hole in the wall of a storage hangar.

Sudan's Neglected Tropical Disease Rips Through Farmers' Bodies

Sudanese farmer Khadija Ahmad was planting onions when she stepped on a thorn that pierced her sandal and cut her foot.

Saudi Arabia to Set up First-Ever ‘Black Gold’ Museum in 2022

A Custom-Made Ornate Backgammon Board... a Lebanese Gift to Macron

Mosul War Victim Struggles to Make Ends Meet Through Pandemic

In Crisis-Hit Lebanon, Paris and Washington at Odds over Hezbollah

A Hungry Lebanon Returns to Family Farms to Feed Itself

The falafel shop owner leaned back and listed the keys to the Lebanese kitchen — the staples that help lend this country its culinary halo: Sesame seeds for the smoky-silky tahini sauce dolloped over falafel and fried fish — which are imported from Sudan. Fava beans for the classic breakfast s

4 Pieces of Advice from Russia to its ‘Difficult Ally’ Syria

Egypt Tries Plasma Treatment to Fight Pandemic

Syrian Olive Trees Put Down Roots in Kurdish Iraq

In Pandemic, Nigerian Teacher Can 'Teach the Whole World'