Hugo Bachega

Hugo Bachega BBC Middle East correspondent Reuters IDF soldiers guard in the norther Israeli town of Metula, on the border with Lebanon. File photo Israel has warned it will “respond severely” after rockets were fired from Lebanon – the first […]

Reuters Hayat Tahrir al-Sham brought some semblance of stability to Idlib in 2017 after years of civil war The road to Idlib, a remote corner in north-west Syria, still has the signs of the old front lines: trenches, abandoned military

BBC In Aleppo’s city centre, the huge billboard in the main square with a picture of President Bashar al-Assad, which used to be a feature in any Syrian town and village, was set on fire, then removed. The red, white

The fall of Bashar al-Assad was unthinkable just a week ago, when rebels started their astonishing campaign from their base in Idlib, in Syria’s north-west. Assad came to power in 2000 after the death of his father Hafez, who ruled

BBC The family of four stood in the middle of the street in front of the pile of twisted metal and broken concrete, struggling to comprehend the devastation they were seeing. The building had been destroyed by a recent Israeli

BBC Abu Ali with his family – they’re making their way back to the village of Houla near the border with Israel Early in the morning they grabbed what they could – bags with clothes, blankets, and mattresses – and

The streets were dark and cars packed. People, who moved on foot, carried bags with their belongings, unsure about where they were going but certain that they could not stay. This was the scene in Nuweiri, in central Beirut, moments

Israel has carried out massive air strikes on central Beirut, Lebanese media say, and there are reports of several deaths. An eight-storey residential building was completely destroyed with five missiles in the capital’s Basta district, according to Lebanon’s National News

Reuters Amos Hochstein (L) held talks with Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri (R) for a second day in Beirut A US envoy has arrived in Israel to continue negotiations on a ceasefire with Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement, after reporting “additional progress”

AFP via Getty Images Lebanon’s health ministry says nearly 200 emergency and health workers have been killed since September. An Israeli air strike on an emergency response centre in north-eastern Lebanon on Thursday killed at least 15 rescue workers, officials