The head of Hezbollah has said that some of its members will be among those charged with the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri in 2005. Read the full story

A top US official has warned of serious repercussions for Syria if claims that it supplied the Lebanese Islamist group Hezbollah with Scud missiles are true. Read the full story

The Syrian government has transferred long-range Scud missiles to Hezbollah in a move that threatens to alter the Middle East’s military balance, Israeli and U.S. officials alleged. Read the full story

Lebanese politician Samir Geagea has criticized Hezbollah leader Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah for threatening to hit Israel’s infrastructure in case of war. Read the full story

Saudi Arabia has called on the international community to take a ‘rigorous position’ against Israel’s saber-rattling against Lebanon, Syria and the Palestinians. Read the full story

Russia will deliver 20 MiG-29 fighter jets to the Air Force of Myanmar (Burma). The deal is evaluated at nearly $600 million. Burma preferred Russia’s renowned jets to China, although its J-10 and FC-1 fighters are cheaper. Read the full story

Syria’s official newspaper Tishreen said Saturday that while Damascus is ready to make peace with Israel, it is also prepared for war. Read the full story

Israel is not interested in war with Lebanon, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said in a statement Saturday, seemingly in response to a Likud minister’s comment that another conflict with Hizbullah was “inevitable. Read the full story

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan urged Israel to stop violating Lebanon’s airspace and territorial waters. He also called on the UN Security Council to put same pressure on Israel regarding nuclear arms as it does on Iran. Read the full story

If Israel were to attack Hizbullah in Lebanon, Syria would respond and not sit idly by, the Katari Al Watan newspaper quoted Syrian sources as saying in a report published Wednesday. Read the full story