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He was the leader of the country's Sunni Muslims, one of the three main sects that share power, and the scion of a prominent political dynasty. BEIRUT, Lebanon -- Saad [...]

Michel Butros al-Jisri is among the few Christians left from a once-vibrant community in Idlib on the brink of disappearing. The city, in the only territory in Syria still controlled [...]

The attack on a prison in northeastern Syria and a separate attack in Iraq were reminders of the Islamic State's persistent threat and the unfinished business of the war against [...]

A German court found a former Syrian intelligence officer guilty of crimes against humanity and sentenced him to life in prison -- a first after a decade of war. When [...]

Byline: Ben Hubbard The Saudi government has not said why it detained or freed Princess Basmah bint Saud, a daughter of a former king who has criticized the country's policies. [...]

The Saudi government has not said why it detained or freed Princess Basmah bint Saud, a daughter of a former king who has criticized the country's policies. BEIRUT, Lebanon -- [...]

Byline: Vivian Yee and Ben Hubbard While conflicts and crises have battered Arab cultural capitals, Saudi Arabia is hosting film festivals and bankrolling new movies. JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia - A [...]

While conflicts and crises have battered Arab cultural capitals, Saudi Arabia is hosting film festivals and bankrolling new movies. JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia -- A pregnant Saudi woman, far from home, [...]

Byline: Ben Hubbard and Hwaida Saad Powerful associates of Syria's president, Bashar al-Assad, are making and selling captagon, an illegal amphetamine, creating a new narcostate on the Mediterranean. BEIRUT, Lebanon [...]

A man with the same name, Khalid Alotaibi, is wanted in connection with the murder of the Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. A Saudi official says France arrested the wrong man. [...]

Powerful associates of Syria's president, Bashar al-Assad, are making and selling captagon, an illegal amphetamine, creating a new narcostate on the Mediterranean. BEIRUT, Lebanon -- Built on the ashes of [...]

Rights groups said the death sentence for Abdullah al-Huwaiti ran contrary to the kingdom's claimed legal reforms. Now he'll be retried. BEIRUT, Lebanon -- Saudi Arabia's highest court has overturned [...]

Invasive hacking software sold to countries to fight terrorism is easily abused. Researchers say my phone was hacked twice, probably by Saudi Arabia. Times Insider explains who we are and [...]

The sentences shocked rights groups, who saw it as a move by President Bashar al-Assad to appear tough after a crisis that hurt his loyalists. BEIRUT, Lebanon -- The Syrian [...]

President Bashar al-Assad has tightened his grip on Damascus, but the attack suggested that militants who oppose him can still do harm. A brazen attack on a military bus driving [...]

Lebanon's capital thrives on its religious diversity, but sectarian tensions and memories of civil war lurk just beneath the surface. BEIRUT, Lebanon -- Tony Nohra, a shopkeeper in a Christian [...]

The fighting further traumatized the small Mediterranean country, a patchwork of sects that has tumbled into an abyss of devastating political and economic crises. BEIRUT, Lebanon -- Armed clashes between [...]

Byline: Ben Hubbard Arab countries are gradually restoring ties with Syria, but its president remains mired in crises he can't escape. BEIRUT, Lebanon - For a man who has spent [...]

Arab countries are gradually restoring ties with Syria, but its president remains mired in crises he can't escape. BEIRUT, Lebanon -- For a man who has spent the last decade [...]

It was a temporary reprieve for a grid that has been supplying only a few hours of electricity per day, as Lebanon's collapsing economy struggles to import fuel. BEIRUT, Lebanon [...]

The sheikh, embroiled in a court case with his former wife, a Jordanian princess, used Israeli software to hack the phones. One of the lawyers targeted is a member of [...]

The article shares the stories of several people who have been killed since the start of the war between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas. Topics discussed include the estimated number of people who have been killed during Israel's strike and invasion of Gaza, residents' support or opposition of the regime of Hamas in Gaza, and the life stories of some of the casualties including seven-year-old boy Yousef Abu Moussa, Islamic scholar Youssef Salama and mother Faida Al-Krunz.

The militant group trucked more than 1 million gallons of diesel into Lebanon, flouting U.S. sanctions and billing itself as savior to a suffering population. BEIRUT, Lebanon -- The Hezbollah [...]

The billionaire Najib Mikati's new cabinet is Lebanon's first empowered government in more than a year. It faces the immediate challenge of a collapsing economy. BEIRUT, Lebanon -- Najib Mikati, [...]

The Gulf state played a major role in the American airlift, the latest evidence of the small but gas-rich country punching above its weight on the world stage. DOHA, Qatar [...]

Byline: Ben Hubbard, Eric Schmitt and Matthew Rosenberg The U.S. and its allies waged war for 20 years to try to defeat terrorists in Afghanistan. A double-suicide bombing demonstrated that [...]

The U.S. and its allies waged war for 20 years to try to defeat terrorists in Afghanistan. A double-suicide bombing demonstrated that they remain a threat. DOHA, Qatar -- The [...]

The kingdom has announced changes to its justice system, but still sentenced a teenager to death for a robbery and the killing of a police officer, despite an alibi and [...]

Byline: Ben Hubbard A decade ago, a U.S. withdrawal from Iraq opened the door for the Islamic State. Will the withdrawal from Afghanistan do the same for the Taliban? BEIRUT, [...]

A decade ago, a U.S. withdrawal from Iraq opened the door for the Islamic State. Will the withdrawal from Afghanistan do the same for the Taliban? BEIRUT, Lebanon -- After [...]

Tensions between Israel and Iran and its Hezbollah allies intensified even as both sides signaled they had no interest in an all-out war. JERUSALEM -- Hezbollah, the Iran-backed Lebanese militant [...]

Byline: Ben Hubbard and Bryan Denton TRIPOLI, Lebanon - Rania Mustafa's living room recalls a not-so-distant past, when the modest salary of a security guard in Lebanon could buy an [...]

TRIPOLI, Lebanon -- Rania Mustafa's living room recalls a not-so-distant past, when the modest salary of a security guard in Lebanon could buy an air-conditioner, plush furniture and a flat-screen [...]

Najib Mikati, who has served as prime minister twice before, will try to form a government that can please Lebanon's politicians and address its financial meltdown. His two predecessors failed. [...]

Byline: Ben Hubbard and Liz Alderman People can't get their money from banks, the currency has crashed and Riad Salameh's reign at the central bank is facing allegations of fraud. [...]

People can't get their money from banks, the currency has crashed and Riad Salameh's reign at the central bank is facing allegations of fraud. BEIRUT, Lebanon -- For decades, Riad [...]

After nine months of political wrangling, Saad Hariri gave up on trying to form a government, opening a new political void. BEIRUT, Lebanon -- Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri of [...]

Byline: Ben Hubbard The World Bank said the financial crisis could rank among the world's three worst since the mid-1800s. The currency has lost more than 90 percent of its [...]

The World Bank said the financial crisis could rank among the world's three worst since the mid-1800s. The currency has lost more than 90 percent of its value and unemployment [...]

Judge Tariq Bitar is seeking to lift the immunity of prominent political and security figures as part of efforts to prosecute those responsible for the deadly explosion in Beirut's port [...]