Lebanon

Lebanese pop star Elissa to quit music over ‘mafia’ industry

The music icon shocks fans with announcement that her next album will be her last, with tributes pouring in from other artists

Arabic press review: Iraq presses Jordan to hand over Saddam Hussein's daughter

Dragging Latin America into the US-Iran proxy war

Massimo Di Ricco

Canadian man freed after eight months of detention by Syrian authorities

Women reporters in war zones: The stories that need to be told

Middle East cinema: Why you can't watch some of its best films

Dutch band cancels Lebanon gig in solidarity with local artists

Mashrou' Leila blasphemy row: Byblos show cancelled over 'bloodshed' fears

American citizen held in Syria for two months has been released

Arab idol: The rebel singer who blazed a trail

Palestinian refugees in Lebanon denounce new 'inhumane' work restrictions

Lebanese band Mashrou' Leila vow to play on as they battle blasphemy accusations

US sanctions Hezbollah official accused of deadly 1994 Argentina bombing

Argentina designates Hezbollah a terrorist organisation

Arabic press review: US envoy says 'deal of century' won't mention two-state solution

The best YA books: 10 Middle East authors worth reading

Mystery of the stones: How Lebanon’s Baalbek ruins are a site for the gods

Lebanon's leaders decry US sanctions against Hezbollah MPs

Israeli press review: Minister calls marriages with non-Jews 'a second Holocaust'

US imposes sanctions on Hezbollah MPs in Lebanon

Refugee stranded for weeks at Turkish airport fears 'imminent deportation': Amnesty