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Killing of 4 Shiites in Lebanon Deepens Tension
(BEIRUT) — Four Shiite Lebanese men were killed Sunday in an ambush in a volatile area by the border with Syria, hiking already high sectarian tensions and...
Syrian Troops Capture Damascus Suburb Near Airport
(BEIRUT) — Syria's state news agency is reporting that government forces have captured a suburb of Damascus near the capital's international airport. SANA says...
Hezbollah, Syrian Rebels in Worst Clash in Lebanon
(BEIRUT) — Syrian rebels and Hezbollah guerrillas battled Sunday in their worst clashes yet inside Lebanon, a new sign that the civil war in Syria is...
The Fall of Qusayr: Capture of Strategic Syrian Town Marks a New Phase in the War
The battle of Qusayr, the border town that Syrian government forces wrested from rebels on Wednesday after two bloody weeks of combat, carries significance...
Rockets Fired From Syria Hit Eastern Lebanon
(BEIRUT) — More than a dozen rockets and mortar rounds fired from Syria struck eastern Lebanon Saturday, security officials said, as tensions rise in the two...
Photo Essays
Born Under Fire: The Dawn of Israel, 1948
Sixty-five years ago this week, in the midst of a civil war and at the tail end of the decades-long British Mandate of Palestine, the state of Israel was born...
Earthquake in Iran, 1962: Amid the Ruins
Few people on Earth are as familiar with earthquakes as the citizens of Iran. Crisscrossed by a number of major fault lines and almost perpetually subject to...
Time.com Specials
The Divided World of the Middle East
While Lebanon is inflamed once more by old hatreds, elsewhere in the Middle East a new Arab world is emerging, with powerhouses like Qatar and Dubai leading the...
Articles from Around the Web
Hope grows that Iran could pull back from nuclear standoff
BEIRUT -- The surprising election of Hassan Rowhani, a moderate cleric, as Iran's president has prompted a wave of speculation about a crucial question: Will Iran's new...
Defector Syrian general will be conduit for U. S. military aid to rebels
BEIRUT -- A mild-mannered Syrian general who taught at a military academy before he defected last year is poised to play a key role in shaping the outcome of Syria's war now that...
Lebanon's Sunnis search for a saviour
As the Syrian conflict spills over, the Sunni community in Lebanon finds itself lacking leadership. ...
Syrian rebels say they need heavy weaponry, not small arms, from U.S.
BEIRUT -- Syria's rebels on Friday criticized the U.S. decision to offer small-scale military assistance as late and inadequate, saying they will need heavy weapons to counter...
