The Latest Breaking News from Mideast

Banks in crisis-hit Lebanon partially reopened Monday following a weeklong closure amid a wave of heists in which assailants stormed at least seven bank branches earlier this month, demanding to withdraw their trapped savings. The Association of Banks in Lebanon said last Monday it was going on strike amid bank…

The United States-based aviation giant, Boeing, forecasted that airline fleets will nearly double by 2041. Middle Eastern carriers have successfully managed through challenges brought on by the pandemic by adjusting their business models and increasing usage of freighters to maximize revenue. Looking ahead, the region’s fleet is forecasted to expand…

Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard seized an American sea drone Tuesday in the Arabian Gulf and tried to tow it away, only releasing the unmanned vessel when a US Navy warship and helicopter approached, officials said. The incident marks the first time the Navy's Mideast-based 5th Fleet's new drone task force…

The U.S. Navy’s Mideast-based 5th Fleet says Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard seized and later let go of a U.S. sea drone in the Persian Gulf

Ukrainian officials are working to release a detained vessel carrying Ukrainian wheat purchased by Egypt's government, Ukraine's Mideast envoy told reporters on Monday.

Israeli air strikes flatten homes in Gaza as Palestinian rocket barrages into southern Israel persist for a second day, raising fears of another major escalation in the Mideast conflict.

The Middle East is one of the most vulnerable regions in the world to the impact of climate change — and already the effects are being seen

Iraq’s caretaker prime minister, whose country is mired in political crisis, says it is in Iraq’s interest to keep pushing for a rapprochement between Iran and Saudi Arabia to ease regional tensions

The United States and Israel are starting new strategic work together, focused on technology