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 Sep 03 Young Palestinian whose coverage of Gaza’s destruction went viral arrives in Lebanon to pursue master’s degree A young Palestinian journalist whose coverage of the widespread destruction and humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip went viral now watches the war from afar in Lebanon.
World Aug 26 Can Lebanon’s battered economy survive a war between Israel and Hezbollah? Lebanon has struggled with years of political and economic crises that left it indebted, without a stable electricity supply, a proper banking system and with rampant poverty.
World Jul 04 Israel approves plans for nearly 5,300 new homes in West Bank settlements The house-building is the latest effort by Israel's hard-line government to beef up the settlements as part of a strategy to cement Israel's control over the West Bank and prevent a future Palestinian state.
World Jun 27 68 sick and injured children allowed to leave Gaza in first medical evacuation in weeks Israeli authorities say 68 people - sick and injured children and their companions - have been allowed out of the Gaza Strip and into Egypt in the first medical evacuation since May.
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 May 05 Israel closes main crossing for Gaza aid as cease-fire talks end, vows ‘powerful’ operation in Rafah soon The latest round of Gaza cease-fire talks ended in Cairo after “in-depth and serious discussions,” the Hamas militant group said Sunday, reiterating key demands that Israel again rejected.
Politics Apr 08 Iran’s foreign minister accuses U.S. of giving Israel ‘green light’ to attack consulate in Syria Iran's foreign minister has accused the United States of giving Israel the "green light" for a strike on its consulate building in Syria that killed seven Iranian military officials, including two generals.
World Apr 01 Israeli airstrike destroys Iran’s consulate in Damascus, occupants killed or wounded, Syria says An Israeli airstrike that demolished Iran’s consulate in Syria on Monday killed two Iranian generals and five officers, according to Syrian and Iranian officials.
World Feb 29 Palestinian deaths in Gaza pass 30,000 as witnesses say Israeli forces fire on crowd waiting for aid Health officials said that more than 100 people were killed, bringing the death toll since the start of the Israel-Hamas war to more than 30,000. Israeli officials acknowledged that troops opened fire, saying they did so after the crowd approached…