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Celebrations and taking stock as cease-fire between Hezbollah and Israel takes hold
War is often less seen than heard, and as a cease-fire between Hezbollah and Israel came into effect on Wednesday morning, Ibrahim Najdi…
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Netanyahu calls on cabinet to approve ceasefire deal with Hezbollah
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called on his security cabinet to approve a ceasefire deal with Lebanon's Hezbollah group to…
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Israeli anger at 'irresponsible and hasty' ceasefire
Benjamin Netanyahu presented the ceasefire deal in the context of what he said were Israel’s “unprecedented achievements” over the past…
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Israel nears agreement for cease-fire in Lebanon
AMMAN, Jordan — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday he has recommended that this government approve a cease-fire…
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Beirut hit by massive strikes amid hope of imminent ceasefire
With expectations growing of an imminent ceasefire to stop the fighting in Lebanon, Israel has struck multiple targets in the Lebanese…
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Israeli troops reach symbolic Litani River in southern Lebanon
Israeli ground troops have reached the symbolic Litani River during their advance in southern Lebanon, the military said on Tuesday. The…
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Bombs go off all around, but in Lebanon’s ancient olive groves, work must go on
AABRA, Lebanon — Mayada El Sayed, duct tape wrapped around her fingers to prevent bruising, efficiently strips ripe olives from a tree,…
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Israel and Lebanon close to ceasefire deal
Israel and Lebanon appear to be close to a ceasefire deal, with the Israeli cabinet set to meet on Tuesday to discuss it, Israeli and US…
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Israel strikes Beirut again after 29 killed in multi-storey building
Israel's military once again bombed buildings near the Lebanese capital Beirut on Sunday, a day after one of its strikes on a densely…
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Hezbollah fires rocket barrages into Israel after deadly Beirut strikes
Israel's military says around 250 rockets have been fired by Hezbollah across the border from Lebanon, marking one of the heaviest…
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Several injured after Hezbollah fires some 240 rockets at Israel
Following another day of heavy Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon with dozens of victims, the Iran-allied Hezbollah militia has fired an…
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Hezbollah launches 150 rockets at Israel, leaving several injured
Sirens sounded across Israel and multiple people were injured on Sunday in rocket strikes from Lebanon, the Israeli military said. It said…
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Major Israeli airstrike kills 15 in Beirut
Israeli airstrikes, launched without warning, killed at least 15 people in Lebanon's capital early Saturday, according to the Associated…
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Israel ramps up airstrikes on Beirut's southern suburbs
Israel on Friday unleashed a spate of airstrikes on Beirut's southern suburbs, an area seen as a hotbed of Lebanon's Iran-allied Hezbollah…
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A much-changed Middle East prepares for Trump 2.0
BEIRUT — During his first term as president, Donald Trump took a bold if controversial approach to the Middle East. He moved the U.S.…
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Israel strikes hit south Lebanon, killing at least 9 people
Israel's army bombed targets near the coastal city of Tyre in Lebanon late Wednesday, killing at least nine people and wounding 65 others,…
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Around 540,000 people have left Lebanon for war-torn Syria, UN says
Around 540,000 people have fled Lebanon to neighbouring Syria since the escalation of the war between Israel and the pro-Iranian Hezbollah…
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Will Israel use window before Trump takes office and ramp up Gaza, Hezbollah conflicts?
WASHINGTON — The foreign leader who has most engaged President-elect Donald Trump is undoubtedly Benjamin Netanyahu. The Israeli prime…
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This Lebanese American billionaire and Trump are in-laws. Will that help bring peace to Lebanon?
KFARAKKA, Lebanon — In normal times, you’d rarely hear of Kfarakka, a hamlet nestled in the lush green mountains of north Lebanon whose…
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Dozens killed in Damascus, Lebanon, Gaza as Israel ramps up strikes
A total of 20 people were killed and 21 others injured in Israeli airstrikes in and near the Syrian capital Damascus, as Israel launched…
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Riyadh summit calls for end to wars, Israel to be frozen out of UN
Representatives from more than 50 Arab and other Islamic countries called for an end to the violence in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon at a…
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Israel continues attacks on Gaza Strip and Lebanon's Hezbollah
Israel has launched renewed attacks on targets in the Gaza Strip and in Lebanon, the military said early on Sunday, adding that it had…
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UN peacekeepers again accuse Israel of attacking posts in Lebanon
The UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon on Friday accused the Israeli military of "deliberate and direct destruction" of its property. The…
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Lebanon explosion falsely shared online as Israeli airstrikes in Iran
Screenshot of the false Facebook post, taken on October 29, 2024 NationTV, a Thai media company with over four million Facebook followers,…