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A diminished Hezbollah is made even weaker by the toppling of Assad in Syria

Dec. 14, 2024 08:57 AM EST

BEIRUT (AP) — A severely hobbled Hezbollah was in no position to help defend former Syrian President Bashar Assad, a longtime ally, from the lightning-fast insurgency that toppled him. With Assad gone, the militant group based in Lebanon is even weaker. Hezbollah was dealt a major...

Middle East latest: 2 children and a woman crushed to death outside Gaza bakery amid food shortage

Nov. 29, 2024 14:20 PM EST

Two children and a woman were crushed to death Friday as a crowd of Palestinians pushed to get bread at a bakery in the Gaza Strip amid a worsening food crisis in the war-ravaged territory, medical officials said. The bodies of two girls aged 13 and 17 and the 50-year-old woman were...