#Hezbollah

Hezbollah launched hundreds of rockets and drones at Israel early on Sunday, as Israel’s military said it struck Lebanon with around 100 jets to thwart a larger attack, in one ...

The Canadian government and Cyprus have agreed on emergency evacuation procedures in the event that lives are threatened due to the escalating situation in the Middle East, it emerged on ...

The United States has been urging other countries through diplomatic channels to tell Iran that escalation in the Middle East is not in their interest, a State Department spokesperson said, ...

The U.S. is deploying additional military might in the Middle East as a defensive measure with a goal of de-escalating tensions in the region, a White House official said. ...

The U.S. military will deploy additional fighter jets and Navy warships to the Middle East, the Pentagon said as Washington seeks to bolster defenses following threats from Iran and ...

Germany’s Lufthansa Group LHAG.DE and its unit Swiss International Air Lines have cancelled all passenger and cargo flights to and from Tel Aviv with immediate effect through Aug. 8, ...

Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated in the Iranian capital Tehran early on Wednesday morning, an attack that drew threats of revenge on Israel and fuelled further concern that the ...

Israel wants to hurt Hezbollah but not drag the Middle East into all-out war, two Israeli officials said on Monday, as Lebanon braced for retaliation after a rocket strike that ...

An Israeli drone strike killed two people and wounded three more in southern Lebanon on Monday, the Lebanese civil defence said, as Lebanon braced for Israeli retaliation following a rocket ...

By Amin Saikal The Middle East is on the brink of a possibly devastating regional war, with hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah reaching an extremely dangerous level. Washington has engaged ...

Two people were killed when Hezbollah fired dozens of rockets at the Golan Heights on Tuesday, Israeli police said, as the Lebanese militant group retaliated after a former bodyguard of ...

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah’s warning to Cyprus not to get involved in a possible all-out war between the Shiite organisation and Israel may not have been idle bluster, but ...

There will be “disastrous consequences” if the war in the Middle East spreads to Lebanon, Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos said on Tuesday. Speaking to the House foreign affairs committee, he ...

By Jonathan Este Fighting continues in central and southern Gaza, as the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) continue to encounter resistance from units of Hamas fighters, despite a recent assessment by ...

Britain has used RAF Akrotiri to send over 80 military transport planes to Beirut since the bombing of Gaza began, the Declassified UK website has reported. According to the website, there ...

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah’s threat to Cyprus got a lot of traction in local media, as it was no doubt something out of the ordinary. But commentators have told ...

Hezbollah’s threats are not in touch with reality as Cyprus’ role in Gaza is strictly humanitarian, Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos stressed on Wednesday in a press conference with US ...

On Tuesday the Association of Hotel Managers was the first sector of the tourism industry to express concern over escalating rhetoric, speculation and reports as regards a potential expansion of ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday said he would not engage in a public debate with Turkey’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan over allegations Cyprus is an “operation centre” for Israel’...

Press emphasising safety concerns for tourists after Hezbollah threats last week are “a bolt from the blue” and the only way out is to defuse the situation, the Hotel Professionals ...

Israel will spend the coming weeks trying to resolve the conflict with Lebanon’s Iran-backed group Hezbollah and would prefer a diplomatic solution, Israel’s national security adviser said on ...

An Israeli media outlet on Monday had listed four locations that Hezbollah could attack in Cyprus, should the country actively support Israeli military strikes in Gaza conflict. According to an ...

European foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Monday that the Middle East was close to seeing the conflict expanding into Lebanon just days after Iran-backed Hezbollah threatened EU member ...

The EU’s Foreign Policy chief Josep Borrell on Saturday expressed his support and solidarity to Cyprus after Hezbollah threatened the island. In a call with Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos, ...