The unusually direct U.S. intervention in Lebanon's sectarian politics appears aimed at capitalizing on shifts in the power balance in Lebanon and the wider Middle East, with Iran-backed Hezbollah ...

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Lebanon, one of the most troubled countries in the Middle East, is once again at a critical crossroads. Several recent developments—a new leadership, a cessation of the Israel-Hezbollah conflict ...

Israel, Lebanon and the U.S. are negotiating the release of Lebanese prisoners. A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza went into effect a week ago. Hostages held in the strip and Palestinian ...

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This followed a clear decision to use the ceasefire and relative calm on the Gaza and Lebanon fronts, to begin a crackdown in the northern West Bank. The political leadership care a lot about this ...

Beirut, Lebanon – A new president. A new prime minister. And the sense that Hezbollah, arguably the most powerful group in the country, has been weakened. It has been a potentially ...

Lebanon elected General Joseph Aoun, the head of the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF), as president earlier this month, ending a more than two-year presidential vacuum. Just days later, Nawaf Salam ...

BIKFAYA, Lebanon, Jan. 19, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A new monumental sculpture, "Chaîne de Lumière”, created by designers Pierre & Cedric Koukjian, represented by SINCE, has been installed in the ...

They were some of the 176,000 migrant domestic workers in Lebanon — many of them separated from or abandoned by their employers who fled Israel’s aerial and ground assaults on the country. War is a ...

BEIRUT — Despite a 60-day ceasefire with Hezbollah, the Israeli military advanced into dozens of new positions across southern Lebanon in the first 40 days of the deal, damaging or destroying ...

Macron will meet the newly-elected Lebanese president, Joseph Aoun, and other officials during the visit. President Emmanuel Macron met with Lebanon’s newly elected President Joseph Aoun and vowed to ...