The Beiruter

How Venezuelan passports shield Hezbollah operatives and enable smuggling, fraud, and covert networks.

Ahead of Sharaa’s White House visit, Syria-US ties strengthen as the UN lifts sanctions, amid reports of a possible US military presence in Syria.

Counterterrorism efforts: Syria may join the US-led anti-ISIS coalition, shifting from terrorism to cooperation

Syria asked Lebanon to extradite ex-officers accused of war crimes, prompting delicate legal and diplomatic talks.

Lebanon boosts border security and anti-narcotics cooperation with Syria and Saudi Arabia.

Following the fall of the Assad regime, Syrian-Israeli peace talks have stalled amid disputes over the Golan Heights and growing Turkish influence in Syria.

Lebanon’s Train Train NGO is pushing to revive the country’s abandoned railway network to boost trade, ease traffic, and restore its role as a regional transit hub.

Lebanon faces pressure from the U.S. to disarm Hezbollah and engage in peace talks with Israel amid warnings of instability and missed regional peace opportunities.

Lebanon is working with Syria to resolve prisoner issues, aiming to ease tensions before upcoming elections.

Syria’s interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa met Putin in Moscow to discuss renewed cooperation and Assad’s unresolved fate.

Lebanon and Syria have reopened diplomatic ties and are negotiating key issues, including Syrian prisoners in Lebanon.

Syria held its first elections since Assad’s fall, testing the interim government amid limited voting and low minority representation.

A look at the absence of Shiite opposition in Lebanon amid Hezbollah’s continued dominance and the state’s failure to restore authority.

Lebanon is seizing the post-Assad transition in Syria to demand long-delayed accountability for political assassinations, from Bachir Gemayel in 1982 to Rafik Hariri in 2005, that shaped its modern history.

Henry Hamra, a U.S.-based Syrian-born Jew, has announced his candidacy for the Syrian Parliament representing Damascus.