Palestinian armed groups threatened war with Israel on Tuesday after a series of dawn strikes targeted Islamic Jihad commanders in Gaza and Damascus, pushing both sides to the edge of all-out-war. Islamic... Read more »

The Lebanese armed group Hezbollah is in a « difficult and delicate » situation as protests continue to paralyse Lebanon for the second week, analysts say. The rising cost of living, alleged corruption by... Read more »

Men, women and children gathered in the Lebanese capital Beirut Sunday to protest corruption and tax hikes for a fourth day, after the resignation of a key Christian party rocked the country’s... Read more »

Lebanon’s influential Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said on Saturday that the Shia movement does not want the government to resign, as mass anti-government protests entered its third day. Protests erupted on Thursday... Read more »

Seven Syrian civilians have been killed by Turkish forces in northern Syria, according to a war monitor. Four of the civilians were killed by an air strike in Tal Abyad, while the... Read more »

Turkish forces have killed at least 342 Kurdish fighters in a major military operation in northeast Syria, now in its third day, Turkey’s defence ministry says. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says the offensive is aimed at removing... Read more »

One person was killed and more than 200 wounded on Tuesday, Iraq’s health ministry said, in a mass protest in Baghdad that security forces dispersed with a volley of gunfire and tear... Read more »

Egyptian activists have raised concerns over a spate of Twitter suspensions, accusing the social media giant of actin on the orders from President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in the wake of rare protests... Read more »