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Former Lebanese President Amin Gemayel speaks during an interview with the Associated Press, in Bikfaya, Lebanon, April 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
April 30, 2026, 11:07 am
Lebanon’s ex-president Amin Gemayel says time is right for direct talks with Israel
‘We have to see how far we can go’ in negotiations, says man who led Lebanon during its civil war, adding that his people ‘yearn for the bare minimum of calm, peace, stability’
By Kareem Chehayeb
Syrian government security forces block Bedouin fighters, foreground, from entering Sweida province, in Busra al-Harir village, southern Syria, July 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)
March 27, 2026, 5:02 pm
Scathing UN report demands Syria probe abuses during clashes with Druze; 1,700 were killed
Investigators find ‘no indication’ that Damascus looked into human rights violations committed by forces, detail ‘widespread looting, systematic burning’ against Druze civilians
By Kareem Chehayeb
In this photo obtained by The Associated Press, Iranians attend an anti-government protest in Tehran, Iran, January 9, 2026. (UGC via AP)
February 19, 2026, 9:21 pm
Iranians grieve defiantly for thousands killed in regime’s January crackdown on protests
Amid anger at regime, some 40th-day commemorations for slain protesters see applause, celebration, in rejection of solemn atmosphere encouraged by state at official ceremonies
By AMIR-HUSSEIN RADJY and Kareem Chehayeb
A Lebanese jeweler arranges gold ornaments at his shop's storefront in the Beirut suburb of Bourj Hammoud, Lebanon, February 2, 2026. (AP/Bilal Hussein)
February 6, 2026, 12:16 pm
Cash-strapped Lebanon is sitting on a gold mine as precious metal prices surge
Despite 1986 law banning sale of state gold, Lebanon weighs using its reserves to bail out banks that failed in 2019 and plunged about half of country’s population into poverty
By Kareem Chehayeb and Malak Harb
This frame grab from videos taken between January 9 and January 11, 2026, and circulating on social media purportedly shows images from a morgue with dozens of bodies and mourners after crackdown on the outskirts of Iran's capital, in Kahrizak, Tehran Province. (UGC via AP)
January 30, 2026, 1:50 pm
‘Standing over ER workers’ heads with a gun’: Iranians describe brutal protest crackdown
Witnesses recall determination to oust Islamic Republic at height of demonstrations, which were met with state brutality that pursued protesters into hospitals
By Kareem Chehayeb and Sarah El Deeb
Pope Leo XIV holds a moment of prayer at the site of the 2020 Beirut port explosion in Beirut, Lebanon, December 2, 2025. (Domenico Stinellis/AP)
December 2, 2025, 4:11 pm
Pope Leo XIV sends message of peace to southern Lebanon as he ends 1st foreign trip
Pontiff prays at site of deadly 2024 Beirut port blast, calls for justice; looking south, he declares armed struggle has no benefit, weapons are lethal, negotiation constructive
By Nicole Winfield, Kareem Chehayeb and BASSEM MROUE
A man waves an Israeli flag over a picture of Sheikh Muafak Tarif, the spiritual leader of the Druze in Israel, during a weekly rally in Sweida, southern Syria, on September 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Fahd Kiwan)
October 1, 2025, 10:53 am
After brutal sectarian clashes, Syrian Druze pushing for autonomy, lean toward Israel
Southern Syria sect sets up de facto military, government body as community feels betrayed by new government in Damascus, grateful for support from Jerusalem
By Kareem Chehayeb and Malak Harb
Syrian Druze fighters pose for a photograph after Syrian government forces pulled out of the southern Sweida governorate, on July 17, 2025. (Shadi AL-DUBAISI / AFP)
July 25, 2025, 1:38 pm
Syria’s Druze, once cautiously optimistic, fear the future under new Damsacus regime
‘After the massacres in Sweida, there is not a single person there that wants anything to do with this government,’ says Druze professor, once hopeful about Assad’s ouster
By Kareem Chehayeb and ABDULRAHMAN SHAHEEN
Syrian Bedouin families ride in a convoy led by Red Crescent vehicles in Busra al-Harir, heading to Daraa after being evacuated from Sweida following more than a week of violent clashes, July 21, 2025. (Malek Khattab/AP)
July 21, 2025, 2:41 pm
Syria starts evacuating Bedouin families from Sweida in bid to restore calm
Government aims to move some 1,500 Bedouins out of city after a week of deadly clashes with Druze; officials say Damascus will also allow displaced residents to return
By GHAITH ALSAYED and Kareem Chehayeb
Syrians gather inside Mar Elias church where a suicide bomber detonated himself in Dweila, on the outskirts of Damascus, Syria, on June 22, 2025. (AP Photo/ Omar Sanadiki)
June 23, 2025, 11:12 pm
World denounces Syria church attack as death toll rises to 25
Attacker in Dweila shot worshipers and detonated an explosive vest, also injuring 63 people, according to Syrian health authorities
By GHAITH ALSAYED and Kareem Chehayeb
Syrian Alawite families who fled the clashes in Syria hold their luggage as they cross a river marking the border between Syria and northern Lebanon near the village of Heker al-Daher in Akkar province, Lebanon, March 11, 2025. (Hussein Malla/AP)
April 15, 2025, 12:15 pm
Fearful Syria’s Alawites still face attacks a month after wave of deadly violence
Members of former ruling minority say Sunni vengeance against ousted regime has continued, as tens of thousands flee to neighboring Lebanon
By BASSEM MROUE and Kareem Chehayeb
Syria's interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa signs the country's constitutional declaration, which will be enforced throughout a five-year transitional period, at the presidential palace in Damascus on March 13, 2025. (Bakr ALKASEM / AFP)
March 14, 2025, 12:11 am
Syria’s interim president signs constitution enshrining Islamist rule for 5 years
Amid major wave of sectarian violence, which has posed first major challenge of post-Assad Syria, new regime issues constitution which it says will grant equality for all citizens
By GHAITH ALSAYED and Kareem Chehayeb
Syrian Christians gather for Sunday Mass at the Church of Saint George in the town of Maaloula, Syria, January 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)
February 28, 2025, 2:17 pm
Christian town in Syria keeps Aramaic alive, amid fears for future under new regime
Residents of Maaloula, one of the few places where the ancient language is still spoken, worry they’ll be blamed for ousted leadership’s abuses, targeted in ‘revenge’ attacks
By Kareem Chehayeb
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, right, meets with Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan al-Saud at the presidential palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon, January 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
January 23, 2025, 8:12 pm
Saudi FM makes first official trip to Lebanon in decade after years of strained ties
Top Saudi diplomat says kingdom has ‘great confidence’ new president and PM can ‘build safety, stability and a united Lebanon,’ as Beirut looks to fix ties with Middle East giant
By Kareem Chehayeb
Syria's de facto leader Ahmad al-Sharaa, right, meets with Debra Tice, left, the mother of American journalist Austin Tice, who went missing in Syria in 2012, left, and Nizar Zakka, head of non-profit Hostage Aid Worldwide, center, in Damascus, Syria, January 20, 2025. (SANA via AP)
January 20, 2025, 2:11 pm
In Syria, mother of missing journalist Austin Tice says Trump team offered help
Debra Tice has ‘productive meeting’ in Damascus with Ahmad al-Sharaa, leader of Syria’s new administration, whom she describes as ‘dedicated and determined’ to get her son back
By Kareem Chehayeb and Albert Aji
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