In September 2024, when Israel escalated its bombing campaign against Hezbollah in Lebanon, Shiite sheikh Rabih Koubayssi was ...

Pope Leo XIV has chosen Turkiye and Lebanon as the destinations for his first trip abroad as pontiff. The Vatican said on ...

The Middle East is a diverse region with Muslims, Jews, and Christians living together, along with each religion’s many sects ...

Pope Leo will visit eight towns and cities in Turkey and Lebanon later this year, the Vatican said on Monday, his first trip ...

Spread across Syria, Lebanon and Israel, the secretive religious minority has long balanced integration and independence. Now, members are at the heart of the region’s shifting power struggles. By ...

Pope Leo XIV will make his very first international trip next month, traveling to both Turkey and Lebanon in a highly ...

CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy (AP) — Pope Leo XIV said Tuesday his first foreign trip, to Turkey and Lebanon next month, would provide a historic opportunity to promote Christian unity while bringing a ...

Pope Leo XIV will pray at the site of the 2020 port blast in Beirut that killed over 200 people and compounded Lebanon’s ...

BEIRUT (AP) — The Lebanese military will soon present a plan to the government on disarming Hezbollah by the end of the year. BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s parliament speaker on Sunday criticized Washington ...

BEIRUT (AP) — The Israeli military said later Wednesday that it didn't intentionally target the peacekeepers, but dropped several sonic bombs near a suspect in a border area. BEIRUT (AP) — Israeli ...