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July 15, 2021 at 8:46 am

Lebanese prime minister-designate resigns after nine months of gridlock

BEIRUT — Lebanon's prime minister-designate, Saad Hariri, announced his resignation Thursday after nine months of political gridlock during which he failed to form a new...

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File – In this May 27, 2004, file photo, Jordan’s Prince Hamzeh and his wife Princess Noor, arrive at Zahran Palace where they celebrate their wedding ceremony in Amman, Jordan. Prince Hamza, the half-brother of Jordan’s King Abdullah II, said he has been placed under house arrest. in a videotaped statement late Saturday, April 3, 2021. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File) DV101 DV101

April 4, 2021 at 4:18 am

Jordan accuses former crown prince and high-ranking officials of ‘promoting sedition,’ with foreign backing

AMMAN, Jordan - The government of Jordan on Sunday accused former crown prince Hamzeh bin Hussein and several of his associates of cooperating with foreign...

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April 3, 2021 at 10:34 am

Nearly 20 arrested in alleged plot against Jordan’s King Abdullah II

Jordanian authorities on Saturday arrested as many as 20 people and sought to restrain the movement of a former crown prince amid what officials called...

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March 7, 2021 at 1:00 pm

Houthis strike Saudi oil giant’s facilities in kingdom’s east

BEIRUT - Yemen's Houthi rebels said Sunday that they hit an Aramco oil facility in eastern Saudi Arabia, the first time the group has reached...

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February 27, 2021 at 4:40 am

After dissident vanishes in Canada, Saudi exiles fear they are now in jeopardy

The mysterious disappearance last month of a Saudi dissident living in Montreal after visiting the kingdom's embassy in Ottawa has sent fear rippling across Canada's...

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February 24, 2021 at 6:04 am

German court convicts Syrian ex-intelligence officer in historic torture trial

BERLIN — A German court issued a landmark ruling Wednesday, sentencing a former member of Syria's intelligence services to four-and-a-half years in prison for aiding...

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February 10, 2021 at 9:50 am

Saudi Arabia releases prominent women’s rights activist from prison as Biden presses kingdom on human rights

BEIRUT - Saudi Arabia released Loujain al-Hathloul, one of the country's most prominent women's rights activists, from prison on Wednesday in the clearest sign yet...

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February 4, 2021 at 7:46 am

Prominent Hezbollah critic fatally shot in Lebanon, spreading panic among group’s detractors

BEIRUT - Prominent Hezbollah critic Lokman Slim was found shot dead in a car in southern Lebanon on Thursday morning, a killing that fellow political...

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December 26, 2020 at 4:28 am

Syria’s bread lines reflect wider crisis

BEIRUT - Every morning, Abu Mohammed and his two eldest sons wake up for dawn prayer in Damascus, then take turns heading to the bakery....

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October 19, 2020 at 8:42 am

U.S. held secret talks with Syria over missing journalist, sanctions, military presence, Syrian newspaper reports

BEIRUT - Two senior U.S. officials visited Damascus in August for secret talks about the fate of missing American journalist Austin Tice, sanctions and the...

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