TV interview adds to confusion over Lebanon’s prime minister
Saad Hariri widely believed to have been forced to resign from his post by Saudi Arabia
Terry Waite: ‘People were surprised I had a sense of humour’
Waite, who was released from captivity over 25 years ago, on Islamism, Trump and his lost years
Syria, Russia pound rebel-held Aleppo but advances halt
US meeting Russian team in Geneva but hopes deal will be struck to allow evacuations fade
Isis blasts leave at least 20 people dead in Damascus
Car and suicide bombs detonate near military base and Shi’ite shrine in Syrian capital
Hizbullah says top commander killed in Israeli air strike
Group announces death of ‘great jihadi leader’ Mustafa Badreddine in statement
Damascus attacks kill at least 60 people near Shia shrine
Islamic State claims responsibility for assault in Syrian capital ahead of UN peace talks
Brutal decision by Saudi Arabia to execute dissidents adds to escalating conflict between Shia and Sunni branches of Islam
There is a real danger that the fruit of ongoing rehabilitation of Iran in the world community is feeding existential fears in Sunni-led kingdoms
Hundreds evacuated from besieged Syrian areas
Rebel factions holed up in Zabadani promised safe passage to Beirut airport
Islamic State suicide attack kills 38 Iraqi policemen
46 people injured in the attack in which militants drove a tank rigged with explosives into a base south of Samarra
Shia militia approach Islamic State-held areas from near Ramadi
Islamic State fighters raised a flag over Palmyra citadel yesterday
US fears militia involvement in Ramadi risks more bloodshed
Use of Iranian-backed militias to retake Iraqi city underlines dwindling options in fight against IS
Fears of more attacks as suicide bomber kills dozens in Yemen
Blast fuels fears of further violence between Shia group and radical Sunni Islamists
Hizbullah leader sees Islamic State as growing ‘monster’
Hassan Nasrallah says radical group could easily recruit in other areas
Blast at Shia political rally in Baghdad kills 18 people
Militant group held meeting to introduce candidates for Iraq election next week
Blast kills at least five in Hizbullah’s Beirut stronghold
Footage shows remains of cars being doused with hoses by emergency services personnel
Death toll from Syria’s civil war climbs to 130,000
Syrian Observatory for Human Rights put number of women and children killed in the conflict at 11,709
Western powers poised to attack Syria within days
White House says it plans to release intelligence dossier on gas attack
Syrian rebels claim attack on Shias in Lebanon
The civil war in Syria has inflamed tensions in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley near the border
Syrian tensions spillover into Lebanon as Sunni and Shia militias clash
Clashes in the Mediterranean port of Sidon left at least two people dead
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