After war with Israel weakened Iran-backed militias across the Middle East, including the Lebanese group Hezbollah, Lebanon’s government has moved to assert its authority over armed groups.

A group tasked with making a plan to remove weapons held by Palestinian factions in Lebanon’s refugees camps is beginning to hash out a timetable and mechanism for disarming the groups ...

The Lebanese and Palestinian presidents agreed Wednesday to support Beirut's efforts to enforce the state's monopoly on ...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel is days away from implementing a new aid system in Gaza and plans to create a ...

Palestinian hospital officials say Israeli tanks and drones have attacked a hospital in northern Gaza overnight, igniting fires and causing extensive damage.

France is intensifying its diplomatic efforts to convince Western nations to recognize a Palestinian state, with the aim of ...

UNITED NATIONS - A U.S.-backed organization aims to start work in the Gaza Strip by the end of May, overseeing a new model of ...

A UN official's alarming statement about the potential death of 14,000 babies in Gaza within 48 hours spurs international ...

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel pressed ahead Tuesday with its new military offensive in Gaza despite mounting ...

The Palestinians, along with nearly all of the ... Associated Press writers Farnoush Amiri at the United Nations, Fatma Khaled in Cairo, Sally Abou AlJoud in Beirut and Sam Mednick in Tel Aviv ...

Israel pursued its military operation in Gaza after it agreed to lift a two-month-old blockade on aid deliveries that has ...