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With NHL playoffs at stake, Israeli-American rookie jumps in

19-year-old defenseman Zeev Buium may have to hold his own in the Minnesota Wild’s mid-season action, but the college hockey superstar is no...

Bassem Mroue

Members of former ruling minority say Sunni vengeance against ousted regime has continued, as tens of thousands flee to neighboring Lebanon

Karim Souaid says bank must counter money laundering, restructure banking system as he begins task of repairing economy battered by decades of...

More than 200 Christians were taken hostage during Feb. 2015 assault, leading to mass exodus; those who stayed behind now watch warily as former...

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — A few days after insurgents in Syria overthrew President Bashar al-Assad, his ruling Baath party announced it was freezing...

JOBAR, Syria (AP) — In this Damascus suburb, the handful of remaining Jews in Syria can again make pilgrimages to one of the world’s oldest...