Strikes by Israeli forces continued to escalate on Friday and into Saturday, with towns in southern Lebanon experiencing heavy shelling and airstrikes targeting homes and buildings across the area. Eight were estimated to have been killed in the strikes. Three members...
At least three people were killed and others wounded today in Marjaayoun when Israeli fighter jets attacked a building belonging to the Amal Movement, the largest Shi’ite political party in southern Lebanon. The Amal Movement is politically aligned with Hezbollah, and...
Near daily strikes in southern Lebanon have sent a large portion of the population fleeing deeper into the country. Just a few weeks ago, 90,000 residents were estimated as being displaced, but reports are now that fully 100,000 people of the region’s 150,000 have...
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant was keen to start the public preparedness campaign to ready the population for an all-out war against Lebanon, but it only took one day and a visit to Haifa to start making proclamations about what a disaster it would be for...
Israeli Army Chief Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi has reportedly signed off on a plan to launch a major war on the country’s northern front with Lebanon. This comes amid growing escalation of Israeli attacks and a palpable sense that diplomatic efforts are not gaining much...
At least one person was killed in a reported Israeli drone strike against the southern Lebanon town of Kunin on Sunday. Lebanese security sources were quoted in the media as reporting that the driver of the targeted vehicle was killed. He was identified as Ismail Ali...
The United Nations has announced it is launching an investigation into Saturday’s incident in which an explosion injured four personnel on patrol near the southern town of Rmeish, Lebanon. The UN observer group, UNIFIL, urged an immediate ceasefire to prevent any...
An overnight car blast tore through a crowded marketplace in the rebel-held northern Syrian city of Azaz, killing at least eight people and wounding some 30 others. Two children were reported among the fatalities. The market was unusually busy that night because of...
Syria’s Aleppo Province saw the deadliest Israeli attacks in years on Friday, when Israeli warplanes hit multiple targets in the Aleppo countryside and targeted a Hezbollah warehouse near Aleppo’s airport. The warehouse reportedly housed rockets, and the attack...
Fears of a major escalation on the Lebanon border with Israel continued to grow this afternoon, as Israel carried out a new round of deadly attacks against border communities, killing at least nine more people. The first strikes were against the border village of Tair...
