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Features  A man walks next to a destroyed car and damaged buildings at the site that was hit by an Israeli airstrike in Dahiyeh, in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday March 28, 2025.(AP)

Israeli Attack on Beirut Deepens Hezbollah’s Crisis

Israel’s attack on Hezbollah’s stronghold in Beirut’s southern suburbs has put the Iran-backed party in a difficult position. Stopping attacks on the suburb,…

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Arab World A firefighter douses the flames of a car hit by an Israeli strike in the southern Lebanese village of Burj al-Muluk on March 15, 2025, in which one person was reportedly killed. (AFP)

Israel Exploiting Hezbollah’s Weakened Position in Lebanon to Assassinate its Members

Israel is waging a law intensity war against Hezbollah in Lebanon by assassinating its suspected members and fighters taking advantage of the Iran-backed party…

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Arab World Israeli soldiers patrol near the Israel-Lebanon border, in Israel, March 12, 2025. REUTERS/Avi Ohayon

Israel Shocks Lebanon with Plan to Link Withdrawal to Normalization

Lebanon’s government and public were caught off guard by Israeli leaks suggesting a potential deal that would link Israel’s withdrawal from Lebanese territory…

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Arab World Lebanese soldiers are deployed in Beirut. (Reuters file)

Army Defuses Tensions in Northern Lebanon Caused by Syrian Coast Unrest

The Lebanese army defused on Sunday tensions in the northern city of Tripoli sparked by the clashes along the Syrian coast. The army deployed in areas…

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Arab World Hezbollah holds a funeral for its fighters in Aitaroun. (Hezbollah media)

Death Toll from Israel’s War on Hezbollah in Lebanon Tops 6,000

The death toll from Israel’s latest war on Hezbollah in Lebanon rose to 6,000 after medics were able to retrieve the bodies of the deceased from under the…

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Arab World Residents of the southern Lebanese village of Khiam wave Hezbollah flags as they walk beneath a portrait of slain Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah on their return to their village on January 27, 2025. (Photo by Rabih DAHER / AFP)

Hezbollah Drone Incident Suggests Divide Between Political, Military Wings

The downing of a reconnaissance drone, which the Israeli military said belonged to Hezbollah, on Thursday exposed internal decision-making challenges within…

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Arab World A Lebanese Army vehicle near a destroyed position in the town of Naqoura in South Lebanon (AFP)

Lebanese Army Conducts 500 Missions to Dismantle Hezbollah Infrastructure South of Litani River

The Lebanese army has intensified its efforts to stop Israel from finding excuses for the ceasefire agreement in South Lebanon to endure. Since the ceasefire…

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Arab World Smoke rises as a result of an Israeli airstrike on the village of al-Khiam in southern Lebanon, as seen from the Israeli side of the border, northern Israel, 22 November 2024, amid cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel. (EPA)

Israeli Forces Surround Lebanon’s Khiam Ahead of Storming it

Israeli forces have blocked supply routes to the southern Lebanese border city of al-Khiam ahead of storming it. They have also surrounded the strategic…

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