Lebanon
CNN — As an uneasy truce between Israel and Hezbollah offers the Lebanese a desperately needed reprieve, Palestinians in Gaza feel abandoned, even as the US pushes for a renewed effort to end the fighting in the enclave. For almost a year, Hezbollah vowed not to stop battling Israel until it agreed to a ceasefire […]
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS Ceasefire largely holds on Wednesday morning Israel says it identifies Hezbollah operatives and fires at them Netanyahu says Israel pushed Hezbollah back decades Egypt backs ceasefire deal BEIRUT, Nov 27 (Reuters) – A ceasefire between Israel and Lebanese armed group Hezbollah came into effect on Wednesday after both sides accepted an agreement brokered […]
U.S. envoy Amos Hochstein held talks with Lebanese officials in Beirut on Tuesday about a possible cease-fire in the Israel-Hezbollah war. Hochstein, a senior advisor to U.S. President Joe Biden, arrived in Beirut a day after the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah reportedly gave a positive response to a U.S. draft proposal to end the 13-month […]
As the dust settles from Israel’s latest military strikes against Iran, analysts and former diplomats say one thing is clear: Israel, for better or worse, is dictating events in the Middle East. The United States has been relegated to the role of wing man, as its ally wages war on multiple fronts. That is a […]
Daylight has broken in Iran after several hours of Israeli airstrikes. The Israeli military said the strikes, which have now concluded, were in retaliation for Iran’s ballistic missile barrages on Israel earlier this month and in April. Israel’s military has warned Iran against further escalation, saying it “reserves the right to defend its citizens,” as […]
Israeli strikes in Lebanon impacted more than two dozen hospitals, with five hospitals out of operation and 22 partially damaged, Youssef Bakhash, head of the Lebanese Doctors’ Syndicate, told Al Jazeera. Around 150 healthcare workers have been killed, including four doctors “who were performing their humanitarian and medical duties,” Bakhash said Tuesday. More than 100 […]
The Israeli military conducted a wave of airstrikes across Lebanon on Sunday, targeting multiple branches of Al-Qard al-Hasan, a financial organization that functions as a bank and is associated with the Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah. Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, the military’s spokesman, said in a news briefing on Monday that one of the targets that […]
As Israel vowed to continue its attacks against the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, a White House emissary visiting Lebanon on Monday said the conflict had “escalated out of control” and called for the enforcement of a United Nations resolution that ended the previous major war between them, in 2006. The U.S. official, Amos Hochstein, a […]
The Israeli military conducted a wave of airstrikes across Lebanon on Sunday, targeting multiple branches of Al-Qard al-Hasan, a financial organization that functions as a bank and is associated with the Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah. Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, the military’s spokesman, said in a news briefing on Monday that one of the targets that […]
United States envoy Amos Hochstein says Washington is looking to end the war in Lebanon “as soon as possible”, stressing that the US is seeking a lasting resolution to the crisis without providing many details about the diplomatic push. After holding talks in Beirut on Monday with Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, Hochstein suggested that ceasefire […]