Beirut, Oct. 7, (dpa/GNA) – Lebanon’s central Mount Lebanon region was reeling from overnight Israeli attacks on Monday, with residents more and more reluctant to trust those fleeing…
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UN calls for donations for Lebanon after visit to Beirut’s shelters
Beirut/Geneva, Oct. 7, (dpa/GNA) – The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, issued a call for donations for the people of Lebanon as he visited emergency…
Israel pounds Lebanon, pressuring Hezbollah after killing its leader
Jerusalem/Beirut, Sept 29 (Reuters/GNA) – Israel struck more targets in Lebanon on Sunday, pressing Hezbollah with new attacks after killing the Iran-backed group’s leader, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah,…
Hezbollah confirms leader Hassan Nasrallah killed in Israeli strike
Sept 28 (CNN/GNA) – Hezbollah has confirmed the death of its leader Hassan Nasrallah, after Israel said he was killed in its airstrikes on the…
Israel rejects US-backed Lebanon ceasefire plan, hits Beirut again
Beirut/Jerusalem, Sept 26 (Reuters/GNA) – Israel rejected global calls on Thursday for a ceasefire with the Hezbollah movement, defying its biggest ally the U.S.…
Israel kills Hezbollah commander in airstrike on Beirut
Beirut/Jerusalem, Sept 24 (Reuters/GNA) – An Israeli airstrike on Beirut killed a senior Hezbollah commander on Tuesday as cross-border rocket attacks by both sides…
Shocked Lebanese hunker down in Beirut hotels to flee Israeli attack
Beirut, Sept. 24, (dpa/GNA) – Thousands of families who fled southern Lebanon after deadly Israeli airstrikes have filled hotels across the capital Beirut, waiting for whatever comes…
Death toll from Friday Beirut attack at 37, IDF destroys launchers
Beirut/Tel Aviv, Sept 21,. (dpa/GNA) – The death toll from Friday’s Israeli attack on Beirut’s southern suburbs, a hotbed of the pro-Iranian Hezbollah movement,…
One dead after Israeli attack in southern Lebanon, authorities say
Beirut, Sept 21, (dpa/GNA) – One person was killed in an Israeli attack in southern Lebanon, the authorities reported on Saturday. The strike targeted…
Iran condemns targeted killing of Hezbollah commander in Beirut
Tehran/New York, Sept 21, (dpa/GNA) – Iran has strongly condemned the targeted killing of a military commander of the Lebanese Hezbollah militia in an…
Hezbollah hand-held radios detonate across Lebanon, sources say
Beirut, Sept 18 (Reuters/GNA) – Hand-held radios used by Hezbollah detonated on Wednesday across Lebanon’s south and in Beirut suburbs, further stoking tensions with…
UN says Israel endangered lives of staff in polio vaccine convoy
New York, Sept. 11, (dpa/GNA) – Humanitarian aid workers were surrounded and threatened during an incident involving a UN convoy and the Israeli army in the Gaza…
Israeli strikes in southern, western Lebanon, kill one and wound 10
Beirut, Sept. 10, (dpa/GNA) – An Israeli drone on Tuesday fired several missiles at a flat in a five-story building in the market town of Nabatieh in southern…
Jordanians vote in parliamentary elections overshadowed by Gaza war
Cairo, Sept. 10, (dpa/GNA) – Jordanians are voting on Tuesday to elect a new parliament, as the Gaza war continues to cast its shadow on the kingdom’s…
UN commission says violence in Syria on the rise again
Geneva, Sept. 10, (dpa/GNA) – The conflict in Syria, which has been going on since 2011, is threatening to escalate again, a United Nations commission has warned. …
Israeli strikes kill at least 14 in Syria, state media says
Damascus, Sept. 9, (dpa/GNA) – Israeli airstrikes have killed 14 people in Syria’s Hama province, the official SANA news agency reported on Monday. Another 43 people were injured,…
Egyptian army official inspects Gaza border, West Bank sees deaths
Cairo/Ramallah, Sept. 6, (dpa/GNA) – Egypt’s army chief of staff Ahmed Khalifa has made a surprise visit to inspect the security situation on the border with Gaza,…
Palestinian authorities report West Bank deaths in IDF operations
Ramallah, Sept. 5, (dpa/GNA) – Five Palestinians died when the car they were travelling in was hit by a rocket fired by an Israeli drone in Tubas…
Taliban ready for direct negotiations with Germany after deportations
Berlin, Sept. 5, (dpa/GNA) – The Taliban is hoping to engage in direct negotiations with Germany, a high-ranking official said on Thursday, after Berlin deported criminals to…
Turkish, Egyptian leaders stress joint stance on Gaza conflict
Istanbul, Sept. 4, (dpa/GNA) – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sissi on Wednesday called for a ceasefire in the besieged Gaza Strip, stressing…