As Lebanon comes under growing attack by Israel, tens of thousands of Syrian refugees who had fled to Lebanon are finding themselves scrambling to return home. The Islamist government in Syria has reported some 40,000 people have crossed back in from Lebanon in recent...
A growing number of civilians are flooding out of towns and villages in southern Lebanon over the past 48 hours. Some 30,000 civilians were displaced already Monday, and the number is expected to grow markedly as Israeli troops launched a new ground invasion of the...
Hezbollah historically has fit in an unusual position in Lebanese politics, being a substantial Shi’ite political party as well as a substantial Shi’ite militia that was centered on resisting Israeli military intervention on Lebanese territory. Those statuses are...
Israel continued to pound Lebanon overnight Sunday and into Monday, with multiple attacks targeting the capital city of Beirut, particularly the Shi’ite suburb of Dahiyeh. The Lebanese Health Ministry reports that at least 52 people have been killed and 154 wounded in...
Israel is attacking the Lebanese capital city of Beirut this evening after Hezbollah reportedly took credit for rocket fire against the Israeli city of Haifa. Israeli warplanes have also hit multiple other sites across southern and eastern Lebanon today, including the...
In the week leading up to the war on Iran, Israel repeatedly warned Lebanon would be targeted if Hezbollah became involved in that conflict, and once the war was underway the US sought to assure Lebanon that Israel had no intention to escalate the conflict into...
The Israeli military has reported carrying out at least 8 strikes against eastern Lebanon today, centering on the area around Baalbek. Multiple buildings were hit in the area, according to reports, but casualties from the strikes, if any, have yet to be confirmed. The...
Fresh off of Israel threatening to attack civilian infrastructure in Lebanon, Israeli ground troops launched multiple cross-border raids into Lebanon, destroying what they claimed were Hezbollah outposts. Evidence that any of the targets, which were reportedly in the...
Israel has informed the Lebanese government that Lebanon’s civilian infrastructure will be “hit hard” if Hezbollah in any way takes part in the apparently upcoming US-Iran War. Lebanese officials have urged Hezbollah not to do so, since the war “does not concern us.”...
The last Israeli invasion of Lebanon “ended” in November 2024 with a ceasefire, and since that ceasefire went into effect, Israel has launched over a thousand attacks on Lebanese territory. Those strikes are continuing to grow in intensity in recent months, and this...
