Bassem Mroue
The Associated Press
Lebanon
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In Lebanon, Iran FM visits Israel border, extolls Hezbollah
BEIRUT (AP) — Iran’s top diplomat visited Lebanon’s border with Israel on Friday where he expressed support for the Lebanese militant Hezbollah group ... → Read More
EU team presses on with probe of Lebanon Central Bank chief
A European judicial team is pressing on with its corruption probe of Lebanon’s embattled Central Bank governor, questioning one of his aides and summoning his brother for another hearing next week → Read More
US defense secretary makes unannounced visit to Baghdad
Austin was greeted on touchdown in Baghdad by Maj. Gen. Matthew McFarlane, the U.S. commander in Iraq, which is home to hundreds of American troops helping in the fight against the militant Islamic State group. → Read More
Newborn saved from earthquake in Syria adopted by her aunt
She was discharged Saturday and her aunt and uncle adopted her and gave her a new name, Afraa, after her late mother. → Read More
Baby girl born under Syria earthquake rubble adopted by her aunt
The baby girl, who was adopted by her aunt and uncle, left the hospital on Saturday and was given a new name. → Read More
Baby girl born under Syria earthquake rubble adopted by her aunt
The baby girl, who was adopted by her aunt and uncle, left the hospital on Saturday and was given a new name. → Read More
Girl born under rubble in quake-hit Syria in good health a week after rescue
Baby, named Aya, being breastfed by wife of hospital director after he mother died; her father and four siblings were also killed in the earthquake → Read More
Baby Aya update: Newborn saved from rubble in quake-hit Syria in good health
Buried under the concrete, the baby still was connected by her umbilical cord to her dead mother. She's been named Aya — Arabic for “a sign from God" — by hospital workers. → Read More
Newborn saved from rubble in quake-hit Syria in good health
BEIRUT (AP) — A baby girl born under the rubble of her family’s home in northern Syria after last week’s devastating earthquake was in good health Monday and being breast-fed by the wife of the... → Read More
Earthquake stuns Syria's Aleppo, even after destruction of civil war
With historic city still largely ruined from years of battle, residents express shock at scale of quake's devastation; 'It was the first time in my life I got scared,' one says → Read More
Newborn, toddler saved from rubble in quake-hit Syrian town
The newborn girl’s umbilical cord was still connected to her mother, Afraa Abu Hadiya, who was dead, they said. → Read More
Newborn, toddler saved from rubble in quake-hit Syrian town
The newborn girl’s umbilical cord was still connected to her mother, Afraa Abu Hadiya, who was dead, they said. → Read More
Newborn, toddler saved from rubble in quake-hit Syrian town
The newborn girl’s umbilical cord was still connected to her mother, Afraa Abu Hadiya, who was dead, they said. → Read More
Relatives: Woman gave birth while buried under earthquake rubble in Syria
The newborn girl was found in the rubble of a five-story building after the earthquake with her umbilical cord still connected to her mother, who had died. → Read More
Lebanon environmental group denies it's Hezbollah, but locals tell different story
Though Shiite residents in border area back assertion by Green Without Borders that it's just planting trees, Christian villagers say they've been confronted by armed men → Read More
Israeli missile strikes put Damascus airport out of service
The Syrian army says missile strikes by Israel's military have put the capital's airport out of service. → Read More
What’s at stake as Turkey threatens to escalate conflict with Syrian fighters?
After deadly blast in Istanbul last month, attributed by Turkey to illegal Kurdish groups, specter of incursion raised as Ankara responds with airstrikes against militants in Syria → Read More
Syrian rebels didn't know jihadist they killed was Islamic State leader
'We were taken by surprise,' opposition activist says of revelation that Abu al-Hassan al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi died during operation in October → Read More
Beheaded bodies of 2 girls found in Syria camp housing Islamic State families
Corpses of Egyptian girls, aged 11 and 13, discovered in sewage system in separate part of camp reserved for die-hard supporters of terror group and their children → Read More
Strikes in Syria hit fuel convoy from Iraq; Iranians killed
Syrian opposition activists say airstrikes in Syria along the border with Iraq have targeted Iran-backed militiamen, inflicting casualties → Read More