The embassy has announced that Maj. Gen. Michael Leeney will be the new top US military official monitoring the ceasefire in Lebanon. He will replace Maj. Gen. Jasper Jeffers, who previously held that post. The embassy’s statement emphasized Maj. Gen. Leeney will work...
With near daily airstrikes against Lebanon and thousands of Israeli ceasefire violations documented since the ceasefire went into effect, there is growing pressure on the ceasefire monitoring committee to actually chime in on the matter. The ceasefire monitors, which...
For the third time in the past month, Israel has carried out an airstrike against the Lebanese capital city of Beirut. This latest strike targeted the Hadath neighborhood, a southern suburb of Beirut. They issued a warning telling civilians to evacuate the...
The situation on the Lebanon-Israel border continues to worsen, and the ceasefire that’s been in place since November 26 seems increasingly irrelevant with daily attacks. Overnight, Israeli ground troops with tanks and armored vehicles crossed the border and entered...
Israel’s continued airstrikes against Lebanon are fueling growing criticism internationally, particularly as a substantial number of civilians are being swept up in the strikes and few obvious justifications are ever offered for the drone strikes in populated areas....
Israel continues with its deadly airstrikes against Lebanon on Tuesday, killing a Jamaa al-Islamiya commander south of the capital city of Beirut. Jamaa al-Islamiya has confirmed the death of the man, identified as Hussein Izzat Mohammad Atwi, and he was said to be in...
Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem made a special broadcast over the weekend, announcing that the organization will not agree to fully disarm so long as Israeli ground troops remain in southern Lebanon as so long as Israeli warplanes continue to violate Lebanese airspace....
Lebanese Information Minister Paul Morcos revealed on Thursday that his country has documented over 2,700 ceasefire violations committed by Israel since the ceasefire went into effect on November 26. The ceasefire was meant to end the Israeli invasion and occupation...
Israel carried out multiple drone strikes against southern Lebanon again on Wednesday, killing two people and wounding another. The death toll of Tuesday’s strike in Aitaroun also rose further, with a 17-year-old wounded in that strike passing away, bringing the...
Israel continued attacks against southern Lebanon on Tuesday, with a drone strike against a van in the southern town of Aitaroun killing one person and wounding at least three others. One of the injured was a child, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry, and the...
