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Israeli Strikes on Lebanon Intensify Sunday Afternoon

Israeli raids on Lebanese territory continued Sunday afternoon. Beirut’s southern suburbs The southern suburbs of Beirut witnessed a new wave of Israeli bombardments on Sunday afternoon, following evacuation warnings addressed to Hadath and Borj al-Barajneh. Two violent strikes hit the Kafaat neighborhood in particular, causing massive ...

Air Raid Sirens Sound in Central, Northern Israel

Air raid sirens were activated in several areas of central and northern Israel on Sunday, the army said, after projectiles were fired from Lebanon. The sirens sounded in "a number of areas in central Israel" and in different parts of the country's north, the military said. It added in separate statements that 18 projectiles crossed from Lebanon ...

Escalating Violence Across Lebanon on Sunday

While the Israelis reported on Sunday morning that the Israeli ground operation in Khiam in the south of the country was “gathering pace,” a precarious calm was observed in Beirut's southern suburbs. However, at 9 AM, the mayor of Bourj al-Barajneh, Atef Hassan Mansour, issued an urgent evacuation call to residents. In a statement, he said, ...

The Day Lebanon Stops Making Headlines…

And therein lies the issue: global attention quickly wanes when conflicts drag on and defy familiar reference points. This is happening again. The current war in Lebanon is no longer front-page news. A journalist friend at a major Paris newsroom told me that his editors were reluctant to send him on assignment to Beirut because the situation was ...

Israeli Strikes Intensify on Saturday, Increasing the Toll of Human Losses

Israeli strikes continued heavily into the evening of Saturday, causing a drastic rise in human losses. The Ministry of Public Health's Emergency Operations Center has reported 3,670 killed and 1,413 wounded since the start of the Israeli military operation against Hezbollah. In Beirut's southern suburbs, intense Israeli raids targeted buildings ...

Israeli Incursion Into Southern Lebanon: Israel Attempts to Seize Khiam

Hezbollah fighters and Israeli troops engaged in fierce clashes on Saturday at the key southern Lebanon town of Khiam and in the coastal Bayyada area, several kilometers north of the border. The official National News Agency (NNA) reported that Israel was "attempting to control the town" as it was "a strategic gateway for a rapid ground ...

Who Is Mohammad Haidar, Alleged Target of Basta Strikes?

At dawn on Saturday, the Israeli army carried out a series of strikes against the Basta area, and more specifically against a building where, according to unconfirmed reports, Hezbollah's head of operations, Mohammad Haidar, was staying. While some sources mention the names of the group's Secretary General, Naim Qassem, and the head of the ...

America, Iran, Israel, and Lebanon

Most American presidents avoid plunging into Middle East peacemaking as long as possible. There were two exceptions: Bill Clinton started in his first month with a "Syria First" strategy for peace between Israel and its neighbors. Barak Obama on his "day two" launched a respected envoy to pursue a West Bank settlement freeze and two-state ...

Confronting the Crossroads: Trump's Middle East Policy Dilemmas Ahead

As Donald Trump prepares to take office again in January 2025, reflecting on his previous administration's lessons will help shape effective strategies to address the complex challenges in the Middle East. If Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were to meet and speak with Trump before taking office, this engagement could signal a strong ...

Larijani: "Hezbollah Has Not Yet Used Its Important Weapons"

Ali Larijani, senior advisor to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, declared on Friday, that Hezbollah “has not yet used its important weapons” in its war against Israel. In parallel, he emphasized that “if they did, the equation would change radically on the ground and in the region.” In a conversation with the Iranian news ...