Middle East News

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — When Merat Behnam first gathered enough courage to ride her yellow scooter through the gridlocked streets…

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese authorities released the son of late Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi on Monday after he paid a…

JERUSALEM (AP) — The Red Cross transferred the remains of a hostage to Israeli troops in Gaza on Friday, the…

JERUSALEM (AP) — Until last week, Maj. Gen. Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi was the Israeli army’s top lawyer. Now she is behind…

The U.S.’s special envoy for Syria has called Lebanon “a failed state,” highlighting frustration with Beirut’s “paralyzed government.” Speaking at…

BLIDA, Lebanon (AP) — Israeli soldiers raided a municipal government building in a border village in southern Lebanon early on…

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Shorbasi family was sitting in their severely damaged house in Gaza City, enjoying…

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Houthi rebels released a dozen United Nations international staffers Wednesday and allowed three others to move…

Iranian-backed Houthi rebels have detained two dozen U.N. employees in Yemen. This happened on Sunday, a day after they raided…

Israel’s National Institute of Forensic Medicine has identified the remains of two more hostages returned from Gaza, as officials and…