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Laptop Ban Sparks Ire Among Mideast Travellers
Travellers across the Middle East expressed frustration Wednesday at a ban on large electronic devices for flights to...
Flight Ban On Laptops ‘sparked By IS Threat’
An aircraft cabin ban on large electronic devices was prompted by intelligence suggesting a terror threat to US-bound...
Lebanon Lions Club Launches Hearing Aid Project
The Beirut Freedoms Lions Club of Lebanon, in collaboration with some Lebanese companies in the country, has initiated...
Laptop, Tablet Bans On Flights
Britain and the US on Tuesday banned laptops and tablet computers from the passenger compartment of flights from...
Hezbollah Commander Killed By Own Men
Israel's military chief said on Tuesday that Hezbollah's military commander in Syria, reported dead last year, was...
US and UK Ban Cabin Laptops On Some Inbound Flights
The US has announced a ban on large electronic devices from cabin baggage on flights from eight countries in the Middle...
Assad Sees Key Russia Role After Syria-Israel Strikes
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Monday said Russia can play an important role in the crisis following Syria's...
Israel Says It Foiled Syrian Ballistic Missile Threat
A senior army officer said Monday that Israel had fired its Arrow missile at a Syrian rocket which posed a "ballistic...
Lebanese Descend On Capital To Protest Proposed Tax Hikes
Several thousand people descended on the Lebanese capital Sunday to protest a proposed tax hikes to cover a salary...
Israel Threatens To ‘destroy’ Syrian Air Defence Systems
Israeli Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Sunday threatened to destroy Syrian air defence systems after they fired...
Avoiding Risky Sea Journey, Syrian Refugees Head To Italy ‘pronto’
Just before midnight in a sleepy district of Beirut, dozens of Syrian refugees huddle in small groups around bulging...
Syria Raids Targeted ‘advanced’ Hezbollah Arms
Israeli warplanes struck several targets in Syria early Friday, prompting retaliatory missile launches, in the most...
In Backing Syria’s Assad, Russia Looks To Outdo Iran
In Aleppo, portraits of Russian President Vladimir Putin hang shoulder-to-shoulder with those of his Syrian counterpart...
Israeli Warplanes Hit Targets In Syria As Tensions Flare
Israeli warplanes struck several targets in Syria early Friday, prompting retaliatory missiles launches, in the most...
From Syria To Paris, Music Provides Haven For ‘Refugees of Rap’
Staccato lyrics may be no match for Bashar al-Assad's military firepower, but two brothers, who fled to Paris from...
Boko Haram Splinter Group Head Charged With Kidnappings, Murders
The leader of Boko Haram splinter group Ansaru appeared in court in the Nigerian capital Abuja on Tuesday charged with...
Six Years On, Aleppo Dares To Dream of End To Syria War
When the army recaptured Aleppo in December, Mohammad Baqdul left Beirut and returned with his family to his native...
Violence Against Syria’s Children ‘at Its Worst’ In 2016
Violence against children in war-ravaged Syria was "at its worst" in 2016, the UN's children's agency said Monday as...
Ex-Qaeda Affiliate In Syria Claims Damascus Bombings
Syria's former Al-Qaeda affiliate Fateh al-Sham Front on Sunday said in a statement it was behind twin bombings...