Israeli jets hit Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley for a second day
Beirut, Lebanon Reuters Israeli warplanes struck deep into Lebanon for a second consecutive day on Tuesday, hitting a facility belonging to Hezbollah in the Bekaa Valley, sources in Lebanon said. Two Hezbollah members from the Bekaa Valley were killed, the Iran-backed group said in a statement late on Tuesday. Civil defence members walk on the […]
Talks on ending Lebanon-Israel border fighting to begin in Ramadan, Lebanese PM says
Beirut, Lebanon Reuters Indirect talks to end hostilities along the Lebanese-Israeli border will begin during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan which starts next week, Lebanon’s caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati said on Tuesday. Powerful Lebanese armed group Hezbollah and Israel have been exchanging fire for nearly five months in parallel with the Gaza war, […]
Hezbollah fires rockets at northern Israel in reprisal for deadly day
Beirut, Lebanon Reuters Hezbollah said on Thursday it fired dozens of rockets at a northern Israeli town in a “preliminary response” to the killing of 10 civilians in southern Lebanon, the deadliest day for Lebanese civilians in four months of cross-border hostilities. The United Nations urged a halt to what it called a “dangerous escalation” […]
Palestinians brace for Rafah assault as Israel promises evacuation plan
Doha, Qatar/Jerusalem Reuters Israeli air strikes killed 17 people in Rafah on the Gaza border overnight, medics said on Saturday, as over a million Palestinians crammed into the city await a full-scale offensive with the rest of the enclave in ruins and nowhere left to run. Four months into the war in Gaza, Israeli Prime […]
Missile attacks across Middle East raise Gaza escalation risks
Washington DC, US/Baghdad, Iraq Reuters Missile attacks in Syria, Lebanon, Iraq and Yemen on Saturday threw into sharp focus the increasing risk of the war in Gaza triggering a wider regional conflict pitting Iran and its allies against Israel and the United States. Iran said five of its Revolutionary Guards were killed in a missile […]
Hezbollah hits Israeli base, says it does not want wider war
Beirut, LebanonReuters Hezbollah attacked an Israeli army base with explosive drones deployed from Lebanon on Tuesday, hitting the position for the first time in what the Iran-backed group declared part of its response to recent Israeli assassinations in Lebanon. Also on Tuesday, an Israeli attack killed three Hezbollah fighters in south Lebanon, sources familiar with […]
Hezbollah chief says group “cannot be silent” after Hamas leader’s killing, warns Israel against spreading Gaza war
Beirut, Lebanon/Cairo, Egypt/Gaza Reuters The head of Lebanon’s Hezbollah said on Wednesday it “cannot be silent” after the killing of Hamas’ deputy leader in Beirut and warned that his heavily armed forces would fight to the finish if Israel chose to extend war from Gaza to Lebanon. Israeli forces meanwhile kept up their aerial and […]
Christians in Lebanon’s tense border area prepare to celebrate a subdued Christmas
Ain Ebel, Lebanon AP Christians in the border villages of south Lebanon prepared for a subdued Christmas under the shadow of the ongoing war in Gaza and its spillover in Lebanon. While in Beirut restaurants were packed and hundreds flocked to Christmas markets in the days leading up to the holiday, in the border towns houses were […]
Postcards: In south Lebanon, conflict casts long shadow over Christmas
Reuters correspondents report from Tyre…
Sacred site: Lebanon’s Christians feel the heat of climate change in its forest and valley
KAREEM CHEHAYEB, of Associated Press, reports from Bcharre…