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Precarious Calm Along Southern Border

A precarious calm prevailed on Tuesday evening at the southern border of Lebanon, following a day marked by an escalation of artillery exchanges between Hezbollah and Israel, while firefighters continued to try to extinguish the flames at the generator factory targeted on Monday in the town of Ghaziyeh, south of Saida. Israeli warplanes carried ...

US Envoy Visits Mideast for Hostage and Rafah Talks

According to the White House, a US envoy will embark on a trip this week aiming to progress a hostage deal and seek assurances from Israel regarding a potential offensive in Rafah. A US envoy will seek to advance a hostage deal and press for assurances from Israel on a Rafah offensive in a trip this week, the White House said on Tuesday. Brett ...

Hamas Chief in Cairo for Gaza Truce Talks

Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh arrived in Cairo on Tuesday for discussions with Egyptian officials, as stated by the militant group. This development comes shortly after mediators indicated that the likelihood of a new ceasefire agreement with Israel had decreased. Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh arrived in Cairo on Tuesday for talks with Egyptian ...

Learning from American Diplomacy toward Lebanon

As America and its allies grapple with the conflict in the Middle East, a study of history can help American policymakers learn from their predecessors' successes and failures. Because Lebanon is a microcosm of the Middle East, the past conduct of American diplomacy there offers a wealth of experience to help guide Washington through the current ...

Tensions Escalate in Southern Lebanon

Israeli warplanes carried out airstrikes on Tuesday morning on the southern outskirts of the towns of Mays al-Jabal and Hula in the Marjayoun district, in the Wazzani area near the parks, the vicinity of Hamames hill towards Wazzani, Dhayra and Marwahin. Hezbollah retaliated by targeting an assembly of Israeli soldiers in the vicinity of the ...

For Pretoria, Israel's 'Apartheid' Worse than South Africa's

What Israel does in Palestinian territories represent an even more extreme version of apartheid than what was experienced in South Africa before 1994, Pretoria told the International Court of Justice on the 20th of February.  Israel is applying an even more extreme version of apartheid in the Palestinian territories than experienced in South ...

Michel Aoun: We Are Not Treaty-Bound to Gaza

Former President Michel Aoun stated, “We are not bound to Gaza by a defense treaty,” hinting at the cross-border exchange between Hezbollah and the Israeli army in the South. On X, he noted that “the entity capable of coordinating fronts is the Arab League.” “However, a segment of the Lebanese people made its choice, and the government ...

US Proposes UNSC Draft Resolution on Gaza

The United States has introduced a fresh draft resolution to the United Nations Security Council featuring some of the sternest language on its behalf. The resolution proposes a temporary ceasefire and asserts that an Israeli attack on Rafah under present conditions would carry "significant implications" for regional security. The United States ...

South Lebanon: Strikes Leave More Than a Dozen Injured

Israeli drones conducted two airstrikes in the Ghazieh area, south of the city of Saida, marking the first attacks of their kind since the outbreak of conflict on the southern border. Initial reports suggest over a dozen people were wounded. According to reports, the airstrikes targeted a warehouse used for manufacturing tires and generators, as ...

UN Urges Probe Into Abuse of Palestinian Women and Girls

United Nations human rights experts urged for an impartial investigation into reported Israeli violations against Palestinian women and girls. These alleged abuses encompass killings, rape and sexual assault. UN rights experts called Monday for an independent probe into alleged Israeli abuses against Palestinian women and girls, including ...

Hezbollah's Network of Secret Tunnels More Sophisticated Than Hamas's — Libération

Hezbollah's network of secret tunnels in Lebanon is "more sophisticated" than that of Hamas in Gaza. According to an article published on Sunday in the French daily Libération, "Since the 1980s," the pro-Iranian militia, whose "military power is far superior to that of Hamas, has been building, with the help of North Korea, an underground ...

Iran Seeking to Rein in Hezbollah to Avoid All-Out War With Israel

Iran has warned Hezbollah not to give Israel cause to launch a full-scale war along the Israel-Lebanon border, fearing it would risk gains it believes it has made in the region since Hamas’s October 7 attack on Israel, according to a report by the Washington Post. Iranian officials, who met with the Hezbollah leadership earlier this month, ...