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In this picture taken, Wednesday, May 6, 2015, Syrian refugee Fatmeh Ahmed, 20, holds her 10-month-old son, Hassan, in their shack on a peach farm near the northern Jordanian community of Salhiyeh. Ahmed, and her husband live on $9-a-day jobs on the farm, after they lost $100 a month in food vouchers due to cuts by the cash-strapped World Food Program. (AP Photo/Raad Adayleh)

Syrian refugees struggle amid aid cuts, lack of labor rights

By Karin Laub - Associated Press

Mexican-American actress Salma Hayek poses for photographers next to a poster for the film "The Prophet," an animated feature film she co-produced, on her arrival to a cinema where she gave a press conference, in Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, April 27, 2015. In her first visit to her ancestral homeland, Ms. Hayek, whose paternal grandfather was Lebanese and immigrated to Mexico, visited the picturesque mountain village of Bcharre in northern Lebanon on Sunday to pay homage to Khalil Gibran, the Lebanese-born poet who wrote "The Prophet," the book on which the film is based. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Salma Hayek hopes ‘The Prophet’ inspires new generations

By SARAH EL DEEB - Associated Press

The global risk company IHS Jane's reported Friday, April 24, 2015 on the discovery of a drone airstrip used by Hezbollah in Lebanon. (Image: IHS Jane's)

Hezbollah drone airstrip discovered in Lebanon; aircraft used against rebels in Syria

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

Lebanese army soldiers stand in front of French weapons at the Rafik Hariri International Airport in Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, April 20, 2015. Lebanon has received the first shipment of $3 billion worth of French weapons paid for by Saudi Arabia. The handover ceremony occurred Monday at Beirut’s international airport and was attended by Lebanese, French defense ministers, and top army officers. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Lebanon gets first shipment of $3B worth of French arms

By BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

In this photo taken Friday, March 6, 2015, Syrian refugee children play in the backyard of the Al-Rama Public School that has become home to 22 Syrian families int the Lebanese-Syrian border village of Al-Rama, north Lebanon. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

4 years of Syria war leave families uprooted, separated

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

Leading the way: Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, attended a meeting with environmental officials and activists at his residence in Tehran on Sunday. Iran's supreme leader holds a deep mistrust of America. (Associated Press)

Iran using Obama sanctions relief to undermine U.S. interests in Middle East, senator says

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Peace in the Middle East Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

DANIEL PIPES: Like-to-like ethnic migration in the Middle East

By Daniel Pipes

Cpl. Wassef Hassoun, left, is escorted to the courtroom on Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville, N.C., Monday, Feb. 9, 2015, for the beginning of his court martial trial. The U.S. Marine who vanished from his post in Iraq a decade ago and later wound up in Lebanon chose Monday to have his case decided by a military judge instead of a jury. Hassoun's military defense attorney Capt. Brittaney Bennett walks with him. (AP Photo/The Daily News, John Althouse)

Marine who vanished in Iraq in ‘04 found guilty of desertion

By Jonathan Drew - Associated Press

Marine Cpl. Wassef Ali Hassoun makes a statement to the media outside Quantico Marine Base in Quantico, Va., in this July 19, 2004, file photo. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

Cpl. Wassef Hassoun, a Marine, goes to trial a decade after vanishing in Iraq

Associated Press

Israeli soldiers secure the Israel-Lebanon border, Wednesday. Hezbollah claims the attack destroyed a number of Israeli vehicles and caused casualties among "enemy ranks." Israel later fired at least 35 artillery shells into Lebanon. (Associated Press)

Israel, Hezbollah war feared as missile strikes break cease-fire

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Israeli soldiers secure the Israel-Lebanon border, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015. The Lebanese Hezbollah group is claiming responsibility for today’s attack on an Israeli military convoy. Hezbollah claims the attack destroyed a number of Israeli vehicles and caused casualties among &quot;enemy ranks.&quot; Israel later fired at least 35 artillery shells into Lebanon. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

2 Israeli soldiers killed in Hezbollah strike near Lebanon border

Associated Press

FILE - In this Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2005 file photo, Saudi Arabia's new King Abdullah leaves after special prayers for late King Fahd at Riyadh, Saudi Arabia's Turk bin Abdullah mosque. On early Friday, Jan. 23, 2015, Saudi state TV reported King Abdullah died at the age of 90. (AP Photo)

Saudi state TV reports: King Abdullah has died at 90

By AYA BATRAWY and ABDULLAH AL-SHIHRI - Associated Press

Miss Lebanon, Saly Greige, poses for photos after she painted on a wall in Miami's Wynwood area, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2015. Miss Universe contestants visited pop artist Romero Britto&#8217;s studio for an interactive painting event. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)

Saly Griege, Miss Lebanon, and Doron Matalon, Miss Israel, spar over beauty selfie shot

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

In this picture taken on Feb., 22, 2008, Jihad Mughniyeh, the son of slain top Hezbollah commander Imad Mughniyeh, speaks during a rally to commemorate his father and two other leaders Abbas Musawi and Ragheb Harb, in the Shiite suburb of Beirut, Lebanon. A Hezbollah official said Sunday, Jan. 18, 2015, that an Israeli strike in the Syrian Golan Heights killed Jihad Mughniyeh and four other fighters from the Lebanese Shiite militant group. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Israeli strikes kill 6 Hezbollah fighters in Syria

By Diaa Hadid and Zeina Karam - Associated Press