Today: September 21, 2024
Today: September 21, 2024

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Top Hezbollah leader was among the 37 people killed in an Israeli strike on a Beirut apartment block

Israel's military says a top Hezbollah leader was among those killed in an Israeli airstrike on a Beirut apartment block

Top Hezbollah leader was among the 37 people killed in an Israeli strike on a Beirut apartment block
MidEast|News

Hezbollah is hit by a wave of exploding pagers that killed at least 9 people and injured thousands

Hundreds of handheld pagers exploded near simultaneously in parts of Lebanon and Syria, killing at least nine people — including members of the militant group Hezbollah and a young girl

Hezbollah is hit by a wave of exploding pagers that killed at least 9 people and injured thousands
Arts|News|Opinion|World

Leading Lebanese novelist Elias Khoury dies at 76

Lebanese novelist Elias Khoury, who dedicated much of his writings to the Palestinian cause and taught at universities around the world, making him one of Lebanon’s most prominent intellectuals has died

Leading Lebanese novelist Elias Khoury dies at 76
MidEast|News|Political

The threat Israel didn't foresee: Hezbollah's growing drone power

Lebanon's militant Hezbollah group has used dozens of drones to attack Israel in recent months

The threat Israel didn't foresee: Hezbollah's growing drone power
News|World

Hamas names Yahya Sinwar, mastermind of the Oct. 7 attacks, as its new leader in show of defiance

The Palestinian militant group Hamas says it has chosen Yahya Sinwar, its top official in Gaza who masterminded the Oct. 7 attacks in Israel, as its new leader

Hamas names Yahya Sinwar, mastermind of the Oct. 7 attacks, as its new leader in show of defiance
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Ismail Haniyeh, Hamas' international face, was marked for death by Israel over the Oct. 7 attack

Ismail Haniyeh was the international face of Hamas, its top leader in exile who kept up the militant group’s ties with allies around the region

Ismail Haniyeh, Hamas' international face, was marked for death by Israel over the Oct. 7 attack
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An Israeli strike in Syria kills a former bodyguard of Lebanon's Hezbollah leader, official says

An official with the Lebanese militant Hezbollah group says an Israeli strike in Syria killed a former bodyguard of the group's leader

An Israeli strike in Syria kills a former bodyguard of Lebanon's Hezbollah leader, official says
Economy|News|World

IMF warns Lebanon that the country is still facing enormous challenges, years after a meltdown began

The International Monetary Fund has warned that Lebanon is still facing enormous economic challenges, four years after the country's historic meltdown began

IMF warns Lebanon that the country is still facing enormous challenges, years after a meltdown began
News|Political|World

Lebanese military court sentences an Islamic State group official to 160 years in prison

Judicial officials in Lebanon say a military court has sentenced an official with the extremist Islamic State group to 160 years in prison for carrying out deadly attacks against security forces and planning others targeting government buildings and crowded civilian areas

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Hezbollah vows to intensify attacks against Israel after senior military commander is killed

Hezbollah has vowed to intensify its attacks along the Lebanon-Israel border to avenge the killing of its most senior military commander by Israel since the latest round of violence began eight months ago

Hezbollah vows to intensify attacks against Israel after senior military commander is killed
Economy|Environment|News

Qatar's offer to build 3 power plants to ease Lebanon's electricity crisis is blocked

Lebanon's caretaker economy minister says the country's rulers, fuel companies and private electricity providers have blocked an offer by gas-rich Qatar to build three renewable energy power plants to ease the crisis-hit nation’s decades-old electricity crisis

Qatar's offer to build 3 power plants to ease Lebanon's electricity crisis is blocked
News|Political|World

Hezbollah introduces new weapons and tactics against Israel as war in Gaza drags on

Lebanon's militant Hezbollah group is introducing new tactics and weapons against Israel as the war in Gaza drags on and Israeli troops enter parts of the southern city of Rafah

Hezbollah introduces new weapons and tactics against Israel as war in Gaza drags on
News|World

Lebanese Sunni militant group head says coordination with Shiite Hezbollah is vital to fight Israel

The head of a Lebanese Sunni political and militant group that has joined the Shiite militant group Hezbollah in its fight against Israel on Lebanon’s border says the conflict has helped strengthen cooperation between the two groups

Lebanese Sunni militant group head says coordination with Shiite Hezbollah is vital to fight Israel
News|Political|World

US-backed Syrian force that defeated IS 5 years ago warns group still poses international threat

The U.S.-backed force that defeated the Islamic State group in Syria five years ago is warning that the extremists still pose grave dangers throughout the world

US-backed Syrian force that defeated IS 5 years ago warns group still poses international threat
News|World

US senior envoy in Beirut to press calm along Lebanon-Israel border as a truce in Gaza is pursued

Senior U.S. envoy Amos Hochstein, who is visiting Beirut, says if a truce is reached in the Gaza Strip, it will not automatically translate to calm along the volatile Lebanon-Israel border which has witnessed a rise in tensions

US senior envoy in Beirut to press calm along Lebanon-Israel border as a truce in Gaza is pursued
News|Political|World

Austria's top diplomat appeals for a pause in Mideast fighting for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan

Austria’s foreign minister has urged Israel and Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group against escalating the conflict along the volatile Israel-Lebanon border

Austria's top diplomat appeals for a pause in Mideast fighting for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan
News|Political|World

Israel's air force says it struck deep inside Lebanon after Hezbollah shot down a drone

The Israeli military says its air force have struck targets of the militant Hebollah group deep inside Lebanon

Israel's air force says it struck deep inside Lebanon after Hezbollah shot down a drone
News|Political|World

What to know about the US strikes in Iraq and Syria

The latest U.S. military strikes targeted a strategic region in Syria and Iraq that Iran has been using to expand its influence in the Middle East

What to know about the US strikes in Iraq and Syria
News|Political|World

An airstrike on southern Syria, likely carried out by Jordan's air force, kills 9

Syrian opposition activists say an airstrike that was likely carried out by Jordan’s air force on southern Syria has killed at least nine people in the latest of strikes in recent months

An airstrike on southern Syria, likely carried out by Jordan's air force, kills 9
News|Political|World

Slain Hezbollah commander fought in some of the group's biggest battles, had close ties to leaders

The elite Hezbollah commander who was killed in an Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon fought for the militant group for decades and took part in some of its biggest battles

Slain Hezbollah commander fought in some of the group's biggest battles, had close ties to leaders
News|Political|World

France urges Lebanese leaders to work on bringing calm along the border with Israel

France’s foreign minister is urging Lebanese leaders to work on reducing tensions along the border with Israel, warning that the raging Israel-Hamas war, now in its third month, could spread to other parts of the region

France urges Lebanese leaders to work on bringing calm along the border with Israel
News|Political|World

US national security adviser says a negotiated outcome is the best way to end Lebanon-Israel tension

U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan says he has discussed with Israeli officials the volatile situation along the Lebanon-Israel border

US national security adviser says a negotiated outcome is the best way to end Lebanon-Israel tension
News|Political|World

Rights groups say Israeli strikes on journalists in Lebanon were likely deliberate

Two international human rights groups say two Israeli strikes that killed a Reuters videographer and wounded six other journalists in south Lebanon nearly two months ago were apparently deliberate and a direct attack on civilians

Rights groups say Israeli strikes on journalists in Lebanon were likely deliberate
News|World

Hezbollah and Israeli troops exchange fire along the border as 2 people are killed in Lebanon

Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group has attacked several Israeli army posts along the border

Hezbollah and Israeli troops exchange fire along the border as 2 people are killed in Lebanon
News|World

Hezbollah fires rockets at north Israel after an airstrike kills 5 of the group's senior fighters

The militant Hezbollah group has fired more than 50 rockets at military posts in northern Israel

Hezbollah fires rockets at north Israel after an airstrike kills 5 of the group's senior fighters

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