Politics Sep 17 WATCH: Pentagon holds daily briefing after Hezbollah pagers explode in Lebanon and Syria The mysterious explosions came amid rising tensions between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah, which have exchanged fire across the Israel-Lebanon border since the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas that sparked the war in Gaza.
World Aug 25 Israel and Hezbollah exchange heaviest cross-border fire in months before pulling back Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah traded heavy fire early Sunday but backed off from sparking a widely feared all-out war, as both sides signaled their most intense exchange in months was over.
World Aug 15 WATCH: State Department holds briefing as new round of Israel-Hamas talks begin On Thursday, U.S. State Department spokesperson Vedant Patel said the broader framework of the cease-fire deal laid out by President Joe Biden in May has generally been accepted and that the negotiation was a process.
World Aug 14 Hamas official says group is losing faith in U.S. as Gaza cease-fire mediator A top Hamas official says the Palestinian militant group is losing faith in the United States’ ability to mediate a cease-fire in Gaza ahead of a new round of talks scheduled for this week.
World Jul 31 Killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh by alleged Israeli strike threatens escalation Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was killed by a predawn airstrike in the Iranian capital Wednesday, Iran and the militant group said, blaming Israel for a shock assassination that risks escalating the conflict even as the U.S. and other nations were…
World Jul 04 As conflict on the Lebanon-Israel border heats up, fires have become the most visible sign With cease-fire talks faltering in Gaza and no clear offramp for the conflict on the Lebanon-Israel border, the daily exchanges of strikes between Hezbollah and Israeli forces have sparked fires that are tearing through forests and farmland on both sides of the frontline.
World Jun 19 Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group warns archenemy Israel against wider war The leader of Lebanon's militant Hezbollah group says it has new weapons and intelligence capabilities that could help it target more critical positions deeper inside Israel in case of an all-out war.
World Jun 11 Hamas asks for changes to Gaza cease-fire plan Hamas said Tuesday that it gave mediators its reply to the U.S.-backed proposal for a cease-fire in Gaza, seeking some “amendments” on the deal. It appeared the reply was short of an outright acceptance that the United States has been…
World Jun 11 Blinken again urges Hamas to accept cease-fire plan strongly endorsed by UN Security Council Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the U.N. Security Council’s vote in favor of a U.S.-backed proposal for a cease-fire in Gaza has made it clear that the world supports the plan.
World May 15 Palestinians mark the Nakba, the original ‘catastrophe’ of mass expulsion The Nakba, Arabic for catastrophe, refers to the 700,000 Palestinians who fled or were driven out of what is today Israel before and during the war surrounding its creation in 1948.