An overnight incursion into southern Lebanon by Israel’s Golani Brigade left at least four Israeli troops wounded, one of them severely, when they ran into explosive devices planted by Hezbollah when they crossed the border. Israel evacuated the troops, who were...
Israeli warplanes carried out an attack in Nabi Chit, in the Baalbek District of eastern Lebanon Sunday, destroying a two-story building that reportedly belonged to Hezbollah. Hezbollah confirmed the incident. The Israeli military said the site destroyed was a...
Nearly 48 hours of relative quiet likely fueled hopes for calm on the Lebanon-Israel border over the past couple of days. It wasn’t totally quiet, of course, as Israel continued to launch attacks on towns in the Tyre District. But there was no rocket fire into Israel....
In 2019, the United States sanctioned the Lebanese man Muhammad Sorour on accusations that he funneled tens of millions of dollars from Iran’s Quds Force to the Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas. Yesterday, he was found murdered in a villa in Beit Mery, near...
The death of Christian Lebanese Forces local leader Pascal Sleiman in the city of Jbeil led hundreds of party supporters to block roads, and the party was quick to claim Sleiman was the victim of political assassination for his opposition to Hezbollah. Not so, say...
At least four people were killed and an unspecified number of others wounded when Israel carried out an airstrike against an occupied house in Sultaniyeh, in southern Lebanon. Among those killed was a leader in Hezbollah’s Radwan Force. The commander was identified as...
A roadside bombing in the southwest Syrian town of Sanamayn on Saturday killed at least eight children. The incident was in the Deraa region, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights accused a pro-government militia of planting the bomb in a failed assassination...
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...
