#Lebanon

Lebanese troops pulled back from the border with Israel late on Monday as a ground invasion by Israel looked imminent, just days after Israel killed the head of Lebanese armed ...

US President Joe Biden called for a ceasefire in Lebanon on Monday but a US official said Israeli troop deployments suggested a ground incursion against Hezbollah militants could be imminent. ...

European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Monday that it was vital to avoid any further military interventions in Lebanon. “Any further military intervention would dramatically aggravate the ...

Ambassadors from Arab countries in Cyprus held an “emergency meeting” on Monday morning to discuss a joint plan of action to support Palestine and Lebanon. The meeting was announced by ...

Cyprus is at its “maximum state of readiness” for a potential evacuation of European Union and third country nationals from Lebanon, foreign ministry spokesman Theodoros Gotsis said on Monday. Gotsis ...

Iran will not leave any of “the criminal acts” of Israel unanswered, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanaani said on Monday, referring to the killing of Hezbollah’s chief and ...

Israel said it bombed Houthi targets in Yemen expanding its confrontation with Iran’s allies in the region two days after killing the Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah in an ...

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Saturday the killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah would be avenged and his path in fighting Israel would be continued by ...

By Maayan Lubell and Maya Gebeily Israel killed Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah in a powerful airstrike in Beirut, dealing a huge blow to the Iran-backed group as it reels ...

U.S. efforts to secure a Gaza ceasefire remain stalled after nearly a year of fighting. Iran-backed Houthi rebels continue to attack Red Sea shipping. And now, despite intense U....

Norwegian police have issued an international search request for Rinson Jose, a Norwegian-Indian man linked to the sale of pagers to the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah that exploded last week, ...

Dozens of US troops have been deployed to Cyprus to prepare for possible evacuations of American citizens from Lebanon, it was reported on Thursday. The troops add to a growing ...

Israel rejected proposals on Thursday for a ceasefire with Hezbollah, defying calls from allies including the United States for a halt in fighting. Israeli warplanes bombarded Lebanon, including a strike ...

The 700 troops, border force and foreign office officials the UK sent to Cyprus on Wednesday will help contingency planning for a range of scenarios as the crisis in Lebanon escalates, ...

Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati expressed hope that a ceasefire can be reached soon to end fighting between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah that has shaken his country and raised fears ...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati on Wednesday that the international community must urgently implement a solution to stop Israel’s aggression, the Turkish presidency said, ...

The volatile situation in the Middle East, its consequences, and methods for de-escalation were key topics during the meeting between President Nikos Christodoulides and Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati, on ...

The government on Wednesday said it was at its highest level of preparedness for evacuations from the region, as Britain announced 700 troops were being deployed to Cyprus to help UK ...

A protest is being organised outside the British bases in Akrotiri this Sunday, amid escalating violence in the Middle East. In a statement on Wednesday, the Cyprus Peace Council announced ...

Hezbollah’s flexible chain of command, together with its extensive tunnel network and a vast arsenal of missiles and weapons it has bolstered over the past year, is helping it ...

Israel widened its airstrikes in Lebanon on Wednesday and shot down a missile that the armed group Hezbollah said it had fired at the Mossad spy agency near Tel Aviv, ...

Protesters in some U.S. cities demonstrated against American military support for Israel as risks have risen of a full-fledged conflict in the Middle East, with anti-war activists demanding an ...

Israel’s military said it launched airstrikes against Hezbollah sites in Lebanon on Monday, which Lebanese authorities said had killed 492 people and sent tens of thousands fleeing for safety in ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Saturday called on both Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to put an “immediate end” to “actions which may lead to ...