Nada Maucourant Atallah

Arab mourners among thousands from around the world who have flocked to St Peter’s Basilica to pay their final respects

Former judge Jean Tannous says Beirut could go after funds allegedly embezzled and invested in real estate abroad

Death of teenager Khadija Atwi reflects price paid by civilians for Israeli attacks

Weapons may have stopped firing in Lebanon, but the old sectarian system dominates

Leaked legal documents reveal that compliance officers raised concerns about suspicious transactions – but were overruled

Transitional cabinet includes technocrats and trusted allies of Al Shara

First major overhaul of post-Assad leadership comes amid calls for more inclusive administration

Recent wave of deadly violence has revealed underlying fault lines in newly liberated country

This is the highest single-day death toll since the November ceasefire

The National spent a day with Ghanaian peacekeepers who have resumed patrols along the Israel-Lebanon border amid a precarious truce

Western diplomatic sources and Lebanese security sources warn truce might not hold at the border

At least nine have been killed in hostilities on the Bekaa Valley-Homs frontier since Sunday, including eight Syrian soldiers

During a rare media visit to a site of the recent spree of sectarian killings in the country's east, The National spoke with survivors of an attack that claimed 25 lives

Agreement includes ceasefire, citizenship rights and integration of civil and military bodies

The National spoke to eight members of the Alawite community, some confined to their homes, surrounded by intense violence, with others hiding in the woods