Naharnet Newsdesk

Naharnet Newsdesk is a team of multilingual journalists from Naharnet, an English and Arabic digital news media outlet from Lebanon, covering both local Lebanon news, regional news from Middle East and international news stories making headlines from around the world. Naharnet was founded in 1998, but launched online in 2000.

Lebanese return home after 33 years in Syrian jails

A Lebanese man who had spent 33 years in Syrian prisons arrived Monday in his hometown Chekka, after being freed…

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Hezbollah condemns Israeli strikes on Syria, says stands by its people

A monitor of Syria's war said Tuesday it had recorded more than 300 Israeli strikes since rebels toppled the country's…

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Here’s how the US is countering the Islamic State group during Syria’s upheaval

Massive U.S. airstrikes on Islamic State militants in Syria were meant in part as a message to the group and…

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Israel pounds Syria as troops reportedly advance deeper into the country

Israel carried out a wave of heavy airstrikes across Syria as its troops advanced deeper into the country, drawing to…

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Syrian insurgents say won’t interfere with women’s dressing, personal freedoms

Syrian insurgents who toppled President Bashar Assad said they won't impose any religious dress code on women and vowed to…

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Israel conducts series of strikes on Syria former army sites

Israel conducted strikes Monday targeting positions of the deposed Syrian government's army including in Damascus, the south and the coast,…

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Lebanese freed from Syrian jail return to Lebanon

A Lebanese man who had spent 33 years in Syrian prisons arrived Monday in his hometown Chekka, after being freed…

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Assad fall ‘fundamental act of justice,’ but also ‘moment of risk,’ Biden says

President Joe Biden said Sunday that the sudden collapse of the Syrian government under Bashar Assad is a "fundamental act…

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Top Biden aide to visit Israel for talks on Lebanon, Syria, Gaza

U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan will travel to Israel this week for talks on Syria following the fall of…

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Hundreds of Syrians line up at Turkish border crossing, awaiting return home

Hundreds of Syrian refugees gathered at two border crossings in southern Turkey on Monday, eagerly anticipating their return home following…

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