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Arab World Significant destruction in Nabatieh, southern Lebanon, following Israeli airstrikes (AFP)

Israeli Evacuation Alerts Lead to Confusion in Lebanese Towns

Israeli evacuation alerts in large areas of Mount Lebanon, southern Lebanon, and the east have created significant chaos in the country. This unusual…

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Arab World Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted the southern Lebanese village of al-Khiam on October 13, 2024. (AFP)

Israel Continues Ground Operation in South Lebanon with Incursion in Shebaa

Israel opened on Tuesday a new front in southern Lebanon in the Shebaa Farms in the east. Israel is already operating in the eastern sector, where it is trying…

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Interviews Imran Riza, the UN’s Deputy Special Coordinator, Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Lebanon (Asharq Al-Awsat)

UN Deputy Special Coordinator to Asharq Al-Awsat: Humanitarian Situation in Lebanon is ‘Catastrophic’

One of the UN’s top humanitarian officials in Lebanon, Imran Riza, has warned that the situation will worsen if the conflict continues, calling for an…

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Arab World An armed Israeli drone flies over villages in southern Lebanon in July (Hezbollah Media)

Israel Expands Drone Use in Southern Lebanon to Intercept Civilians

Israeli drones are now being used for more than just tracking and targeting fighters in southern Lebanon. They’re also setting fires to forests, intimidating…

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Arab World Hezbollah supporters hold up a poster of drones with the slogan “We Are Capable” during last month's Ashura commemoration (AP)

Diplomatic Efforts Underway to Avoid Prolonged Regional Conflict

Western diplomats are ramping up efforts in Lebanon to prevent the region from descending into a broader conflict. Their goal is to establish a new balance in…

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Features A large banner shows slain Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr and a vow to avenge his killing. (AFP)

Residents of Beirut, Dahieh Plan to Evacuate Homes if War with Israel Erupts

Israel’s assassination of senior Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr in Beirut’s southern suburbs of Dahieh has prompted the residents of the area to seek safe…

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Arab World Druze elders and mourners pray by the coffin of Guevara Ibrahim, 11, killed in a reported strike from Lebanon two days earlier, during his funeral in the Druze town of Majdal Shams in the Israeli-annexed Golan on July 29, 2024. (AFP)

Hezbollah Informs Lebanese, Western Officials of ‘Inevitability’ of Retaliation to Any Israeli Strike

Western countries intensified their warnings and contacts with Lebanese and Israeli officials to prevent the eruption of a broader conflict in Lebanon in wake…

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Arab World A UNIFIL patrol in the town of Barj al-Muluk in southern Lebanon (DPA)

Lebanon Awaits UNIFIL Extension Draft, Seeks No Amendments

Lebanon is awaiting a draft resolution from France to extend the UN peacekeeping mission in the south (UNIFIL) without changes, amid talks with key…

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