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Residents sit amid the rubble of a neighbourhood in the southern Lebanese city of Tyre after an Israeli strike on 18 April 2026. Months of war have displaced more than a million people and deepened political divisions across Lebanon. -  Louisa Gouliamaki / Reuters

Lebanon war reopens old divisions as fears grow for country's unity

Jun 4, 2026 | Middle East

Months of fighting have devastated parts of southern

May 31, 2026 | Middle East

I have requested an emergency meeting of the

May 29, 2026 | Middle East

Photos taken at a displacement camp near

May 25, 2026 | Middle East

Over 1.5 million Muslims began filling a vast tent city in the holy city of Mecca on Monday for an annual hajj pilgrimag ...

May 25, 2026 | Middle East

To avoid the punishing sun, Inas Gamal abandoned her ambitious plan of spending the days

Apr 17, 2026 | Middle East

A 10-day ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah which took effect at midnight on Thursday after weeks of escalating cr ...

Apr 4, 2026 | Middle East

One French- and another Japanese-owned vessel are among a handful of vessels to have crossed the war-torn Strait of Horm ...

Apr 4, 2026 | Middle East

One French- and another Japanese-owned vessel are among a handful of vessels to have crossed the war-torn Strait of Horm ...

Mar 24, 2026 | Middle East

Geneva, 24 March 2026 ndash; More than 130,000 people have crossed into the Syrian Arab Republic and over 1 mill ...

Jan 11, 2026 | Middle East

The United States and the European Union on Saturday urged the Syrian government and Kurdish authorities to return to ne ...

Jan 10, 2026 | Middle East

Turkey has backed a Syrian army offensive against the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in Aleppo, Syria's seco ...

Jan 10, 2026 | Middle East

Syria's army said it had completed a security sweep on Saturday of a neighbourhood in Aleppo where it clashed with Kur ...

Do you support or oppose Parliament’s passage of the Anti‑LGBTQ+ Bill 2026?

Started: 30-05-2026 | Ends: 31-08-2026