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More than 250,000 people flee Lebanon in two weeks, with 125,000 crossing into Syria, including 7,000 Lebanese citizens. A man with his wife, displaced from Beirut's southern suburb of Dahiyeh, shelter from the rain inside a tent along the coast in Beirut. The Israeli military has issued expanded leave-or-die threats…

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN MARCH 23, 2026 23:00 Updated: MARCH 24, 2026 18:16 An Iranian-backed militia targeted Syria with rocket fire. The rockets appear to have been fired from an area north of Mosul in Iraq and targeted a military base in eastern Syria. The Iranian-backed militias in Iraq have…

Hundreds of Syrians protested in central Damascus on Sunday against new restrictions on alcohol sales, reflecting wider fears that the Islamist authorities may tighten curbs on personal freedoms. The Syrian capital last week banned the sale of alcoholic beverages in restaurants and bars, only allowing stores in three Christian neighbourhoods…

1 of 8 | A general view of a meeting held by Arab League foreign ministers in Cairo November 2, 2011. On March 22, 1945, representatives from Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Transjordan, Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Yemen met in Cairo to establish the Arab League. File Photo by Ahmed Farid/UPI |…

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The city of Sweida in southern Syria during sectarian violence in 2025. Saudi Arabia on Saturday condemned Israeli strikes targeting military installations in southern Syria, describing the attacks as a “blatant aggression,” according to Arab News. The Saudi Foreign Ministry said in a statement that the Kingdom stressed its utter rejection…

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