Behind The News

According to reports in the Israeli media, the Jewish state is preparing to deal with the fallout in Lebanon.

With the U.S. president on his first tour of the region since taking office, hopes are high but expectations are low.

After offending everyone from regional prime ministers to his own people in a candid interview, the Kingdom's monarch works on damage control.

Bashar Al Assad's other half took their kids to a fundraising event held in Damascus

According to reports by the LA Times, the CIA is collecting information on Islamic radicals fighting for the opposition in Syria.

This week marks two years since the onset of the first protests in Syria, and the ensuing conflict shows no signs of abating, Syrian artists are finding creative refuge in Lebanon.

According to a new report by the United Nations, Syrian army soldiers are demanded payment to stop the bomb attacks.

On his 222nd day, Issawi speaks out about his protest and demands that Israel either charge him or let him go.

President Hugo Chavez died on Tuesday after a two-year battle with cancer, ending 14 years of controversial rule that won him passionate support from Latin American to the Middle East.

France says Abou Zeid has probably been killed in Mali

The notorious pariah state looks to be reconsidering its stance on nuclear power at the latest round of talks.

What will a post Assad Syria look like and is there any prospect for a stable country after the old regime crumbles?

According to an Islamist source, foreign Jihadi Salafists in Syria have begun a push to “expand” their so-called holy war into Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey amidst their ongoing campaign against Damascus.

The so-called foreign infiltration of the Syrian conflict is taking a front seat as external forces are throwing their weight behind the rebels to arm Syria's militants, says a Washington Post report.

Al Akhbar news, a Lebanese daily newspaper, reported in January that Lebanon's Spinneys franchise CEO Michael Wright had been sacked; however the truth is stranger than fiction and Al Bawaba sets the record straight.