Why Fashion Designer Elie Saab Will Never Leave Lebanon, Despite the War
The designer and his son discuss making couture during a bombing and the reason it matters.
The designer and his son discuss making couture during a bombing and the reason it matters.
The pause in fighting would remove a major hindrance to the U.S.-Iran peace talks, if it holds. New talks are set for Thursday in Washington.
Israeli and Lebanese officials this week met in Washington for direct talks between two nations, which have technically been at war since 1948.
Israeli strikes against Hezbollah in Lebanon threatened the cease-fire between the United States and Iran ahead of scheduled peace talks.
But the Israeli prime minister said his country would continue its attacks against the Iran-backed armed group.
The U.S. says the deal didn’t include the country, but Iran says it did. Israel is bombarding Lebanon, and Iran wants to show it supports its allies.
Deadly airstrikes pummeled Lebanon in Israel’s largest bombing wave yet in the monthlong war with Iran-backed Hezbollah.
Sunday was a particularly deadly day, as Israel targeted areas around the country — including a Christian area long regarded as safe by residents.
The U.S. military’s search-and-rescue operation for a missing American airman entered its second day. The Israeli military struck a major petrochemical complex in Iran.
Israeli forces will control “the entire area” from the border to the Litani River, up to 20 miles into Lebanon, the defense minister said. He indicated Israel would control it after the ground invasion ends.