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- Lebanon France's Le Drian in Lebanon to help unlock yearslong political stalemate France’s special envoy to Lebanon, Jean-Yves Le Drian, met Wednesday in Beirut with Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri as he visits Lebanon in an attem...
- Lebanon Reports: Opposition to endorse Aoun from Maarab as Saudi envoy pushes for his election The opposition will hold a meeting in Maarab at 7:00 pm to announce support for Army chief Joseph Aoun’s presidential nomination, media reports s...
- Lebanon Lebanon set for yet another attempt at electing president Lebanese political heavyweights held talks Wednesday a day ahead of a parliamentary session to elect a president, but even with key player Hezbolla...
Israel has told the Biden administration it wants Hezbollah's forces to be pushed roughly 6 miles (10 kilometers) from the border as part of a diplomatic deal to end tensions with Lebanon, three Israeli and U.S. officials told U.S. news portal Axios.
President Joe Biden's senior adviser, Amos Hochstein, and other U.S. officials have been working on trying to reach such a diplomatic solution but so far little progress has been made.
Full StoryThe situation on Lebanon's border with Israel is "dangerous" with ongoing exchanges of fire between Hezbollah and Israel, the head of the United Nations peacekeeping force in the country warned.
"The situation now, as everybody knows, it is tense. It is difficult, it is dangerous," said Aroldo Lazaro, head of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL).
Full StoryPentagon chief Lloyd Austin has urged Hezbollah to avoid provoking a "wider conflict" amid near-daily skirmishes along the Israel-Lebanon border since Israel's war with Hamas.
The frontier has seen escalating cross-border fire, mainly between the Israeli army and Iran-backed Hezbollah, which says it is acting in support of Hamas.
Full StoryHezbollah has vowed any Israeli attacks on civilians "will be reciprocated", after an Israeli strike hit a building opposite a funeral procession for one of the group's fighters.
The frontier between Lebanon and Israel has seen regular exchanges of fire, mainly between the Israeli army and Hamas ally Hezbollah, since the conflict in the Gaza Strip began on October 7.
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Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant has threatened Hezbollah for the umpteenth time, as the group continues to carry out daily rocket, missile and drone attacks on Israeli troops in northern Israel.
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The Free Patriotic Movement will begin to move against parliament’s extension of the army chief’s term, informed political sources said.
Full StoryIsrael’s army has drawn up plans to invade southern Lebanon, British newspaper The Times said Monday.
"What happened in the south (of Israel during Hamas' Oct. 7 attack) is nothing compared to what they could do here," a senior Israeli officer told The Times.
Full StoryThe Israel National Cyber Directorate accused on Monday Iran and Hezbollah of a cyber attack last month against Ziv Medical Center in the northern Israeli city of Safed.
The hack was partially successful, the INCD said.
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Army Commander General Joseph Aoun hosted Marada Movement chief Suleiman Franjieh over dinner on Thursday evening, media reports said.
Full StoryAn Israeli strike hit a building opposite a Hezbollah fighter's funeral procession in southern Lebanon on Monday without causing casualties, official media reported.
The frontier between Lebanon and Israel has seen regular exchanges of fire, mainly between the Israeli army and Hamas ally Hezbollah, since the conflict in the Gaza Strip began on October 7.
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