The Lebanese are deeply divided over whether rare direct talks with Israel are a good thing.
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Lebanese officials say rescue teams came under fire while trying to aid Amal Khalil, a reporter for a Lebanese newspaper, and Zeinab Faraj, a photojournalist.
When Lebanon gets mentioned in the news, it’s often alongside Hezbollah. The group — designated by major western powers as a terrorist group — is variously characterised as a democratic political party in Lebanon’s parliament, as an organisation that p…
Mass funerals for Hezbollah fighters and civilians were happening across southern Lebanon.
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Determined to see their homes, displaced residents use shaky ceasefire to journey to their villages – but the mood turns sombre when they arriveMohammed Ashour was on the road at 5am, speeding towards his hometown of Shaqra. The Lebanese army, the Isra…
This blog is now closed.UN secretary-general António Guterres has strongly condemned the killing of a French peacekeeper and the wounding of three others in an attack in southern Lebanon, spokesman Stéphane Dujarric said in a statement to the Associate…
The leader of the Iran-backed militia said that a more durable cease-fire with Israel would require the fulfillment of a list of longstanding demands.
The truce appeared to mostly hold even as Israel said it had carried out strikes on what it called “terrorists” approaching its forces in southern Lebanon. Separately, a U.N. peacekeeper was killed.