Gareth Browne

AUB President Fadlo Khuri says financial crisis in Lebanon widened the revenue gap to unsustainable point

Lebanese and Egyptian crew members among eight people held after ship hijacking

The sale will boost US national security, the State Department said

An extraordinary session of cabinet would be needed to ‘weigh up all options’, the justice minister said

The glittering building is less than a kilometre from the international airport and from here, Tehran's militias operate across the battlefield

Flipping a prominent commander exposes the central tensions between Moscow and Tehran

US-led force facing lethal threat on two fronts as Iran-backed militias step up attacks

Dr Ali Al Abadi gave up a comfortable life to treat protesters caught in the crosshairs of Baghdad’s militias

The operation to clear the streets of the capital appeared under way on Saturday

The crowds fell far short of cleric's target and dispersed by early afternoon without incident

Three people killed in protests on Baghdad's Mohammed Al Qassem motorway

More than 650 people have been killed and 24,000 wounded since the uprising began in October. This is the story of those vowing to carry on despite wounds that will last a lifetime, by Gareth Browne in Baghdad

From rise of Hezbollah to Syrian civil war, slain commander was a key force in implementing Tehran's will

Iraq’s Foreign Minister announced the country would take back Iraqi ISIS suspects held by SDF

Body of captured Kurdish politician shows she was beaten before being shot