Lawyers for 25-year-old, who has said she was 'seeking adventure,' thank court for taking her mental illness into consideration

Temperatures in Iran top 50°C during chaos in country's southwest over lack of water; Lebanon's major power station to resume operations, even with economic collapse

Hezbollah, Iranian commanders reported killed in Israeli strikes; Russian military official says 7 of 8 Israeli missiles struck down this week

Arab paper claims that after getting sense US does not back ongoing Israeli raids, Moscow has taken steps to upgrade Syrian missile defenses against attack

Damascus says air defenses confronting 'Israeli aggression' near Homs, days after reported attack on Iranian weapons depot and missile fire from Lebanon

President says elections, which international community said weren't free or fair, 'have proven the strength of popular legitimacy that the people have conferred to the state'

Thousands used to visit Maalula churches and monasteries before the 2011 civil war; volunteers begin to clear rubble ahead of August 15 Assumption

Jibril's group responsible for deadly terror attacks against Israelis, a famous prisoner exchange that saw 1,150 Palestinian security prisoners freed; PA's Abbas sends condolences

Rescue group says artillery fire struck several families' homes in Idlib; civil defense center, water station hit in airstrikes

Small group of Al-Hol residents receives shots of AstraZeneca vaccines provided through the Covax program for low-income countries