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Pope Leo XIV and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, the spiritual leader of the world’s Eastern Orthodox Christians leave after attending the Doxology at the Patriarchal Church of Saint George, in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Pope Leo XIV calls on Lebanese leaders to be true peacemakers as he seeks to bring message of hope

November 30, 2025 at 11:20 a.m.

Pope Leo XIV landed in Lebanon on Sunday aiming to bring a message of hope to its long-suffering people and bolster a crucial Christian community in the Middle East.

Syrian government forces sit on their armored personnel carrier, as they withdraw from Sweida city, southern Syria, Tuesday, July 15, 2025.(AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

US envoy says Syria and Israel agree to ceasefire as Druze minority and Bedouin clans clash in Syria

July 18, 2025 at 6:54 p.m.

U.S. envoy to Syria Tom Barrack said early Saturday that Israel and Syria had agreed to a ceasefire following Israel’s intervention this week in fighting between Syrian government forces and...

Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shibani attends the 34th Arab League summit, in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, May 17, 2025. (Thaier Al-Sudani/Pool via AP)

Trump administration takes first steps in easing sanctions on Syria

May 23, 2025 at 5:16 p.m.

The Trump administration granted Syria sweeping exemptions from sanctions Friday in a big first step toward fulfilling the president’s pledge to lift a half-century of penalties on a country devastated...

U.N peacekeepers hold their flag in Blida, a Lebanese border village with Israel in south Lebanon, Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)

White House says Israel and Lebanon have extended deadline for troop withdrawal to Feb. 18

January 26, 2025 at 4:40 p.m.

The White House said Sunday that Israel and Lebanon have agreed to extend the deadline for Israeli troops to depart southern Lebanon until Feb. 18, after Israel requested more time...

FILE – Mariam Kourani removes a toy car from the rubble of her destroyed house after returning with her family to the Hanouiyeh village in southern Lebanon, on Nov. 28, 2024, following a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)

The fragile Israel-Hezbollah truce is holding so far, despite violations

January 4, 2025 at 1:26 p.m.

A fragile ceasefire between Israel and the Lebanese fighter group Hezbollah has held up for over a month, even as its terms seem unlikely to be met by the agreed-upon...

Syria’s de facto leader Ahmad al-Sharaa, foreground, formerly known as Abu Mohammed al-Golani, walks in the presidential palace ahead of his meeting with Walid Ellafi, Libyan minister of state for communication and political affairs, in Damascus, Saturday, Dec. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Mosa’ab Elshamy)

Syria’s embassy in Lebanon suspends services as Lebanon hands over former Syrian army officers

December 28, 2024 at 1:36 p.m.

Syria’s embassy in Lebanon suspended consular services Saturday, a day after two relatives of deposed Syrian President Bashar Assad were arrested at the Beirut airport with allegedly forged passports.

FILE – Syrian President Bashar Assad looks on at his country’s flag at the opening of the 16th ordinary session of Arab Summit in Tunis, May 22, 2004. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)

The fall of Bashar Assad after 13 years of war in Syria brings to an end a decades-long dynasty

December 8, 2024 at 10:11 a.m.

Syrian President Bashar Assad fled the country on Sunday, bringing to a dramatic close his nearly 14-year struggle to hold onto control as his country fragmented in a brutal civil...

Syrians celebrate the arrival of opposition fighters in Damascus, Syria, Sunday Dec. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)

Russian state news agencies say ousted Syrian leader Bashar Assad is in Moscow and given asylum

December 8, 2024 at 1:09 p.m.

Ousted Syrian President Bashar Assad fled to Moscow on Sunday, Russian media reported, hours after a stunning rebel advance took over the capital of Damascus and ended the Assad family’s...

Bassem Naim, an official in Hamas’ political wing, speaks in Istanbul, Turkey, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Hamas official says Gaza ceasefire talks have resumed after weekslong hiatus

December 5, 2024 at 4:54 p.m.

A Hamas official said Thursday that international mediators have resumed negotiating with the group and Israel over a ceasefire in Gaza, and that he was hopeful a deal to end...

Smoke rises after an Israeli airstrike on Dahiyeh, in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, Nov. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Here’s where ceasefire talks in the war between Israel and Hezbollah have been stuck

November 25, 2024 at 8:10 a.m.

Diplomats and other officials say there have been several sticking points in ceasefire talks to end the war between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, even as conditions for...

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