UN Urges More Support For States Hosting Syria Refugees
Syrian refugees are increasingly desperate after years in exile and face rising social tensions in overstretched regional host nations, a ...
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Emirates, Etihad To Boost Screening On Australia Flights
Emirates and Etihad airlines will tighten screening for passengers flying to Australia this week after the country imposed new requirements ...
Doha Meeting Pledges More Than $260 Mln In Syrian Aid
More than $260 million has been pledged in humanitarian aid for Syria following a meeting in Doha on Sunday involving ...
Lebanon Has Become A Big Refugee Camp
Hariri said the refugee influx has stretched Lebanon's economy to its limit Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri has warned that ...
Lebanon At ‘breaking Point’ With Syria Refugee Influx
Lebanon's prime minister warned Friday that his country has reached "breaking point" by hosting more than one million Syrian refugees ...
Israel-Lebanon Maritime Dispute Explained
Earlier this month, the new Lebanese government, led by President Michel Aoun, published a tender to explore untapped gas and ...
Syria Refugee Total Hits Over Five Million
More than five million Syrians are now refugees, the UN said Thursday, as aid groups urged the international community to ...
Syrian Refugee Numbers Pass Five Million
The tally of refugees who have fled the war in Syria now exceeds five million, the United Nations said Thursday. ...
Demolition of Decades-Old Lebanese Brewery Begins
Demolition of one of the Middle East's oldest breweries began this week in the Lebanese capital to make way for ...
Iran’s Esteghlal Fined Over Laser Beams
Iran's Esteghlal FC have been fined $51,000 after fans flashed laser beams at opposing players and referees during AFC Champions ...
Iran To Appeal Seizure of 9/11 Compensation Money
Iran's central bank said Sunday it will appeal Luxembourg's decision to freeze $1.6 billion of its assets, which the US ...
US and UK Laptop Bans On Some Middle East Flights Come Into Effect
A ban on laptops and tablets in cabin baggage on flights from Turkey and some countries in the Middle East ...
Tokyo Fashion Designer Flips Bird To Ballet On Debut
A retired ballet dancer flipped the bird to her former profession on Saturday, making her Tokyo Fashion Week debut by ...
Weary Flyers Shrug As Middle East Laptop Ban Takes Off
A controversial ban on carry-on laptops and tablets on flights from the Middle East to the United States and Britain ...
Lebanon University Settles US Lawsuit Over Hezbollah
A Lebanese university will pay $700,000 to settle a US lawsuit over allegations it provided "material support" to entities linked ...
Laptop Ban Hits Dubai For 1.1m Weekend Travellers
Dubai International Airport and its flag carrier Emirates began implementing a ban on laptops and tablets on direct flights to ...
Shiite Lebanese Women Wage Painful Custody Battles
Every week, young divorcee Rita Choukeir looks forward to the three precious hours she gets with her young son in ...
One In Five Arab Mediterranean Youths Hopes To Emigrate
One in five youths in several North African countries and Lebanon would like to emigrate in search of better prospects, ...
Where Are the Leaders Now?
What happened to the leaders whose power was challenged in the so-called Arab Spring that began in late 2010? Here ...
Two Years On, Yemen Stuck In ‘quagmire’
Deadly fighting, a rise in jihadism, the threat of famine -- two years after Saudi Arabia intervened against Iran-backed rebels, ...