Jun 18 Israel Reaches Out to Lebanon Amid Regional Peace Efforts By Admin, PBS News Hour Following news of a truce with Hamas, peace talks with Syria and prisoner-swap negotiations with Lebanon's Hezbollah, the Israeli government announced Wednesday that it is interested in opening negotiations with Lebanon. Continue reading
May 21 Rival Lebanese Leaders Sign Political Pact By Admin, PBS News Hour Feuding Lebanese leaders signed a breakthrough deal Wednesday to end 18 months of political conflict, abating fears of a fresh civil war and opening the door for the election of a new president. Continue reading
May 15 Deal Reached to End Fighting in Lebanon Standoff By PBS News Hour Arab mediators brokered a deal on Thursday to end days of fighting between the government and Hezbollah after the government's ruling coalition backed down on two measures that infuriated the opposition. Continue reading
May 09 Hezbollah Gunmen Seize Control of Beirut Neighborhoods By PBS News Hour In some of the worst sectarian clashes in years, Shiite Hezbollah gunmen seized control of nearly all of Beirut's Muslim sector Friday and fresh tensions emerged between the group and the U.S.-backed Lebanese government. Continue reading
Feb 14 Watch Hezbollah Mourns Slain Leader, Threatens to Attack Israel The leader of Hezbollah threatened Thursday an attack on Israel, blaming it for Tuesday's car bombing that left one of the group's top commanders, Imad Mughniyeh, dead. Two Middle East experts assess the repercussions of the feared terrorist's death. Continue watching
Feb 13 Top Hezbollah Keader Killed in Syrian Bombing By Admin, PBS News Hour Imad Mughniyeh, a senior leader of the Shiite militant group Hezbollah and one of the world's most wanted terrorists, was killed Tuesday night in a car bombing in Syria, according to media reports. Continue reading
Jan 30 Report Finds ‘Failures’ in Israeli Leadership During Lebanon War By Admin, PBS News Hour A final report on Israel's 2006 Lebanon war issued Wednesday that had threatened to derail Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's government found "failures and shortcomings" by Israel's political and military leadership. Continue reading
Jan 25 Investigator in Hariri Probe Killed by Beirut Bomb By PBS News Hour A police intelligence officer tasked with investigating a string of assassinations in Lebanon was himself assassinated in a car bombing Friday near Beirut that left his bodyguard and at least three other people dead. Continue reading
Dec 12 Tensions Rise in Lebanon after Bomb Kills General By PBS News Hour A car bomb killed one of Lebanon's top generals and his driver Wednesday, the military and state media said, adding more tension to the country's fragile political situation. Continue reading
Nov 23 Lebanese President Calls In Military amid Political Impasse By PBS News Hour President Emile Lahoud said Friday that Lebanon is in a "state of emergency" and called for the army to take charge of security hours before he was set to step down. The pro-Western government of Prime Minister Fuad Saniora rejected… Continue reading