Iran takes advantage of the pre-existing Hawala system, which is normally used to transfer remittances to home countries.

The World Bank has approved over $1 billion dollars for infrastructure and reconstruction projects in Iraq, Syria and Lebanon ...

From its inflexible diplomacy to its overreliance on proxy forces, Iran left itself vulnerable to more powerful adversaries, ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu likes to remind people that in the disorienting first days after Hamas’ Oct_ 7, ...

The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah was long considered Iran’s first line of defense in case of a war with Israel.

"Iran is a strong country capable of defending itself, logic dictates that it can confront America and Israel," a Hezbollah ...

Amid rising Iran-Israel tensions, the Israeli military has killed senior Hezbollah commander Mohammad Khadr al-Husseini in southern Lebanon, citing an urgent threat to its northern border. The strike ...

After a bruising war between Israel and Hezbollah, Lebanon’s new leaders sense an opportunity to revitalize the country’s devastated economy with help from its wealthy Gulf neighbors ...

The Israeli military will continue to bomb Lebanon if Hezbollah is not disarmed, Israel’s Defence Minister Israel Katz has warned, saying “there will be no calm in Beirut” and “no order or ...

The Israeli military said Hezbollah’s drone capabilities were expanding with Iranian support, contrary to agreements with Lebanon. Before the latest strikes in Beirut’s Dahiya suburb and at an ...

The airstrikes on the southern outskirts of the Lebanese capital, an area where Hezbollah holds sway, were some of the heaviest since a U.S.-brokered cease-fire came into effect in November.

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun has appointed former Hezbollah minister Ali Hamieh as an adviser on reconstruction, a move that has sparked mixed reactions in the politically divided country. Hamieh, ...