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Mientras los rebeldes avanzaban el 7 de diciembre hacia Damasco, la capital de Siria, el personal del palacio presidencial, ubicado en lo alto de una montaña, se preparaba para un [...]

Byline: Ben Hubbard, Farnaz Fassihi, Christina Goldbaum and Hwaida Saad As rebels advanced toward the Syrian capital of Damascus on Dec. 7, the staff in the hilltop Presidential Palace prepared [...]

As rebels advanced toward the Syrian capital of Damascus on Dec. 7, the staff in the hilltop Presidential Palace prepared for a speech they hoped would lead to a peaceful [...]

Syrian security checkpoints sat empty on Monday across Damascus. Abandoned tanks were scattered across the roads, along with stray pieces of military uniforms stripped off by soldiers when opposition forces [...]

The strikes, the first in weeks inside Lebanon's capital, forced residents to come to grips with another escalation of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah. The typically congested streets of Beirut [...]

The strikes, the first in weeks inside Lebanon’s capital, forced residents to come to grips with another escalation of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah. The typically congested streets of Beirut [...]

The attacks came as Israel's military has been pounding an area just outside the Lebanese capital with some of the heaviest waves of bombardment in months. Two waves of Israeli [...]

The attacks came as Israel’s military has been pounding an area just outside the Lebanese capital with some of the heaviest waves of bombardment in months. Two waves of Israeli […]

Byline: Christina Goldbaum, Hwaida Saad and David Guttenfelder While Lebanese are united against Israel's onslaught, some in southern towns where Hezbollah does not hold sway say they feel caught between [...]

While Lebanese are united against Israel's onslaught, some in southern towns where Hezbollah does not hold sway say they feel caught between Israel's firepower and Hezbollah's fighters. The patrol begins [...]

The U.S. secretary of state, visiting Israel, said the killing of Hamas's leader last week could create an opening for peace, and he pushed the Israeli prime minister to allow [...]

Byline: Christina Goldbaum, Hwaida Saad and Diego Ibarra Sanchez The gas station is nestled on the side of the road, a lone hive of liveliness in an otherwise deserted stretch [...]

The mourners flooded into the graveyard in the coastal city of Sidon in southern Lebanon. Women clutched one another's arms as they watched the coffins arrive: one, then another and […]

The gas station is nestled on the side of the road, a lone hive of liveliness in an otherwise deserted stretch of eastern Lebanon. By 9 a.m., a steady stream […]

Byline: Vivian Yee and Hwaida Saad In a crisis-racked country where sectarian tensions simmer, many worry that the conflict between Israel and the Shiite militia Hezbollah will end in more [...]

In a crisis-racked country where sectarian tensions simmer, many worry that the conflict between Israel and the Shiite militia Hezbollah will end in more destruction for all. When Hezbollah announced [...]

Byline: Christina Goldbaum and Hwaida Saad Airstrikes targeting members of Hezbollah have brought the Dahiya neighborhoods south of Beirut to a standstill, its residents fleeing and businesses shuttering. There is [...]

Airstrikes targeting members of Hezbollah have brought the Dahiya neighborhoods south of Beirut to a standstill, its residents fleeing and businesses shuttering. There is little life left in the southern [...]

Byline: Christina Goldbaum, Hwaida Saad, Vivian Yee and Jacob Roubai 'Nobody has any idea what to do,' said one of the many residents who fled the Dahiya, an area near [...]

As the hours passed with no word from Hezbollah’s leader after Israeli airstrikes shook Beirut on Friday evening, his followers, his critics and the many Lebanese who have lived in [...]

Few signs of life can be seen along the highway in the Bekaa Valley of eastern Lebanon. Nearly every shop lining the road is shuttered and the sidewalks empty. The [...]

Few signs of life can be seen along the highway in the Bekaa Valley of eastern Lebanon. Nearly every shop lining the road is shuttered and the sidewalks empty. The [...]

Residents described a scene of flattened buildings and destroyed vehicles after Israel unleashed strikes targeting Hezbollah’s leader outside the Lebanese capital. When Israel unleashed deadly strikes on residential buildings south [...]

Byline: Christina Goldbaum and Hwaida Saad With Monday's attacks across southern Lebanon, the prospect of the escalating conflict enveloping the city has suddenly become real for many Beirut residents. It [...]

With Monday's attacks across southern Lebanon, the prospect of the escalating conflict enveloping the city has suddenly become real for many Beirut residents. It began with messages sent by Israel [...]

A leader of the Iranian-backed militia said its latest barrage was 'just the beginning,' and an Israeli military official said, 'Our strikes will intensify.' Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel [...]

Many residents of Dahiya were grappling with uncertainty over what comes next. The funeral drew thousands into the streets of the Hezbollah-dominated neighborhood in Beirut's southern suburbs on Sunday afternoon, [...]

A leader of the Iranian-backed militia said its latest barrage was “just the beginning,” and an Israeli military official said, “Our strikes will intensify.” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel [...]

Many residents of Dahiya were grappling with uncertainty over what comes next. The funeral drew thousands into the streets of the Hezbollah-dominated neighborhood in Beirut’s southern suburbs on Sunday afternoon, [...]

The events of this week seem to indicate that Israel's leaders have decided they can no longer live with the threat of Hezbollah on their northern border, analysts say. The [...]

Byline: Hwaida Saad and Ben Hubbard After two days of exploding pagers and walkie-talkies, Beirut was a city on edge, with people worried there were bombs in their bags or [...]

After two days of exploding pagers and walkie-talkies, Beirut was a city on edge, with people worried there were bombs in their bags or pockets. Victims' relatives vowed retribution. In [...]

There had been no warning. The two high-rise apartment buildings in Beirut’s southern suburbs had collapsed in a matter of seconds, and many people were still presumed buried in the [...]

Byline: Sheera Frenkel, Ronen Bergman and Hwaida Saad The Israeli government did not tamper with the Hezbollah devices that exploded, defense and intelligence officials say. It manufactured them as part [...]

The Israeli government did not tamper with the Hezbollah devices that exploded, defense and intelligence officials say. It manufactured them as part of an elaborate ruse. The pagers began beeping [...]

At least 20 people were killed and more than 450 others wounded, Lebanese officials said, a day after pagers exploded across the country and killed 12 people, in an attack [...]

Byline: Aaron Boxerman and Hwaida Saad For people across the region, any relief that the adversaries had stepped back from an all-out war mixed with fears that the conflicts in [...]

For people across the region, any relief that the adversaries had stepped back from an all-out war mixed with fears that the conflicts in Gaza and Lebanon remained unresolved. Hezbollah [...]

Byline: Maria Abi-Habib and Hwaida Saad In Ein al-Hilweh, Lebanon, long mired in poverty and despair, Hamas recruitment is up and the downtrodden air has given way to defiance and [...]

Israel and the Lebanese militia Hezbollah carried out some of their heaviest cross-border attacks in months on Sunday morning. Israel and Hezbollah, the Lebanese militia backed by Iran, have engaged [...]

Some Hezbollah supporters reacted with disappointment to the group’s attack on Israel on Sunday, saying it had not gone far enough to avenge the assassination of Fuad Shukr, the top [...]

In Ein al-Hilweh, Lebanon, long mired in poverty and despair, Hamas recruitment is up and the downtrodden air has given way to defiance and celebration. Ein al-Hilweh, Lebanon's largest community [...]

Byline: Maria Abi-Habib and Hwaida Saad The militant group has vowed to retaliate against Israel for the assassination of a commander. But if that leads to an all-out war, Lebanon [...]

The militant group has vowed to retaliate against Israel for the assassination of a commander. But if that leads to an all-out war, Lebanon may turn against it. A day [...]

Hopes for a breakthrough were damped after Hamas said it would not attend the peace talks set for Thursday. International mediators were heading to the Middle East for a high-stakes [...]

A Hamas official said on Tuesday that the group will not take part in the round of cease-fire talks on Thursday, sending a strong signal that any breakthrough in negotiations [...]

Byline: Ben Hubbard, Hwaida Saad and Diego Ibarra Sanchez The town in south Lebanon appeared deserted, its roads empty and its market shuttered, after months of fighting between Hezbollah and [...]

The town in south Lebanon appeared deserted, its roads empty and its market shuttered, after months of fighting between Hezbollah and Israel across the nearby border made many residents flee. [...]

The strike was in retaliation for a deadly rocket attack this weekend in the Golan Heights. At least three civilians were killed and 74 others wounded on Tuesday, Lebanese officials [...]

The Israeli military said it had killed a senior Hezbollah commander whom it targeted on Tuesday evening in Beirut, a claim that was not immediately confirmed or denied by Hezbollah [...]