Israeli warplanes carried out airstrikes in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley, on the outskirts of Hermel. The strikes killed at least five people and wounded five others. The IDF claimed the sites were used by Hezbollah for training purpose. Details are still emerging about who...
The Lebanese government is under growing threat internationally despite having already approved of a plan to disarm Hezbollah, with US officials warning they face another invasion by Israel if Israel decides it’s taking too long. The Lebanese cabinet ordered the Army...
Israel continues to carry out attacks on southern Lebanon in violation of the November ceasefire, and attacks Wednesday and overnight into Thursday left at least five people dead and 17 others wounded, four of the wounded were children. The strikes began earlier on...
The UNIFIL reported that on Tuesday morning, near the Lebanese village of Marwahin, Israeli drones approached their peacekeepers and dropped stun grenades within 20 meters of them. The IDF confirmed the incident. The incident has been described by UN officials as “one...
The more information we get about the “Trump economic zone” proposal in southern Lebanon, the worse it seems for the people who live there. The latest reports reveal the plan to totally depopulate the south of the country, to place the whole area under US military...
On the day that the Lebanese government is expected to release its plan to fully disarm Hezbollah, Israel carried out yet more attacks against southern Lebanon, targeting the Ali al-Taher and al-Dabsheh forests near Nabatieh al-Fawqa, sparking major fires which civil...
While the Trump Administration had been considering using its veto power to prevent the extension of the UN mandate for the UNIFIL peacekeepers in southern Lebanon, the Security Council ultimately voted once again to extend the mandate through 2026. At the same time,...
US Ambassador to Turkey Tom Barrack continues to make headlines in Lebanon. Yesterday, it was for lambasting Lebanese journalists as “animalistic” at a press conference in Beirut, and today it was during his planned tour of southern Lebanon. Barrack helicoptered into...
US envoy Tom Barrack has had more than a few unusual exchanges in the course of his visits to Lebanon, but today seemed to spark a higher level of annoyance among the locals by lashing out at the press conference he was attending and berating the reporters as...
Last week, US officials requested that Israel stop attacking Lebanon, as is required under the November ceasefire. It appears they’re not doing that, but beyond previously being involved in a proposal to create a depopulated “Trump zone” in southern Lebanon, Israel is...
