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Israel Warns of Intensifying Attacks Against Hezbollah in South Lebanon

This is Beirut, 13:47 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Israel warned Sunday that its military would step up its attacks against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, a day after the Lebanese health ministry reported four people killed in an Israeli air strike. Despite a November 2024 ceasefire with the Lebanese militant group, Israel maintains troops in five areas in southern Lebanon and has kept up regular ...

Southern Lebanon’s Olive Trees: Peace Left to Fallow

Katia Kahil, 11:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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After a spiral of violence that devastated villages and farmland, the scars of war remain visible in Deir Mimas, Khiam, Houla, Blida, and Mays al-Jabal. More than 60,000 olive trees have been destroyed. “This year, we lost everything,” says Rose from Deir Mimas. “The trees are no longer pruned, the olives wither on the branches, and no one ...

No-State Zones in Lebanon: Hezbollah’s Parallel State in Southern Lebanon and Beirut’s Southern Suburbs (3/3)

Natasha Metni Torbey, 01/11 11:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)

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Two flags still fly side by side on some hills in southern Lebanon: The Lebanese flag and Hezbollah’s yellow flag. The first symbolizes a weakened state, the second a parallel power that has filled the void left by the Republic. Here, official authority often ends where the Shia group’s control begins. A Fully Administered Territory From the ...

Two Hezb Members Killed in South Lebanon

This is Beirut, 31/10 16:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Tensions sharply escalated across southern Lebanon on Friday as Israeli drone and warplanes struck target in the Nabatiyeh and Bint Jbeil districts, leaving several casualties. In one incident, an Israeli drone launched a guided missile at a motorcycle in Talat Shukain, in the Nabatieh caza, killing the driver instantly. Ambulances rushed to the ...

Saddi Warns Lebanon 'cannot bear any additional debt'

This is Beirut, 30/10 16:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Energy and Water Minister Joe Saddi defended his ministry’s energy policy, stressing that Lebanon “has nothing to hide” and is working to stabilize electricity production despite severe financial and technical constraints. In an interview with LBCI, Saddi said that public institutions in the South, including Electricity of Lebanon (EDL) and ...

Ortagus Reaffirms U.S. Support for Lebanon’s Disarmament Plan

This is Beirut, 29/10 14:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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U.S. Special Envoy to Lebanon Morgan Ortagus on Wednesday reaffirmed Washington’s support for the Lebanese government’s decision to place all weapons under state control by the end of the year. Speaking during the 12th meeting of the Committee for the Supervision of the Ceasefire (the Mechanism) in Naqoura, Ortagus emphasized that the ...

Israeli Raid on Toul Kills Two, Including Hezbollah Member

This is Beirut, 24/10 15:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Two people were killed on Friday in an Israeli air raid on the Toul region in the Nabatieh caza, southern Lebanon. The victims were identified as Hussein al-Abd Hamdan, a Hezbollah member who had survived last year’s Pager explosion, and Abbas Hassan Karaki, who was driving a Honda CR-V at the time of the strike. Karaki’s brother, Radwan ...

Consumer Price Index Up 0.6% in September

This is Beirut, 21/10 18:00 - Reading : less than a minute

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Lebanon’s Consumer Price Index rose 0.6% in September 2025, compared with August 2025, according to official data. Year-on-year inflation reached 15.06%. At the governorate level, monthly increases varied significantly: Mount Lebanon, +0.90%; Beqaa, +0.69%; Nabatieh, +0.64%; Beirut, +0.27%; South Lebanon, +0.22%; and North Lebanon, ...

LAF Clears Thousands of Weapons in Southern Lebanon, Says CENTCOM

This is Beirut, 17/10 10:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) have cleared nearly 10,000 rockets, 400 missiles and more than 205,000 fragments of unexploded ordnance in the past year as part of a sweeping disarmament campaign in southern Lebanon, according to a statement released on Thursday by US Central Command (CENTCOM). The figures were highlighted during the 11th ...

Israel Rocks South Lebanon with Dozens of Air Strikes

This is Beirut, 16/10 22:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Israeli warplanes are carrying out a large-scale assault, launching dozens of air raids on the area and the valleys surrounding the towns of Ansar, Sinay, and Zarariya in south Lebanon. Intense airstrikes also targeted the area between the towns of Ansar, Sinay, and Bsafourah, marking one of the sharpest escalations in recent weeks. At least one ...

Lebanon’s Bananas Withstand TR4

Christiane Tager, 15/10 20:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Under the southern Lebanese sun, banana trees proudly stretch their lush green leaves, standing tall against climate challenges, crises and conflict. In this fertile, humid region, bananas have become more than a crop; they are a national specialty. “We produce between 80,000 and 100,000 tons a year, and demand keeps rising,” says a grower ...

'Northern Shield:' Deep Beneath the Border, a Hunt for the Tunnels of Death

Natasha Metni Torbey, 12/10 12:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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A siren pierces the cold southern Lebanese night. Peacekeepers cross the Blue Line, weapons and detectors in hand. Beneath their feet, invisible and silent, tunnels snake for hundreds of meters, potential routes for stealth incursions or kidnappings. It’s December 2018. Israel is about to launch Operation “Northern Shield,” a systematic hunt ...

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