The Lebanese government pushed for a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah this week, citing the vast number of civilians displaced from southern Lebanon by the fighting.
U.N. chief Antonio Guterres arrived in Beirut for a “solidarity” visit to Lebanon on Friday, cutting short a stay in Turkey where he joined fasting Muslims for Ramadan while calling for the world to “eradicate the scourge of Islamophobia from every country and community.”
At least four crewmen from an American air refuelling tanker that crashed in Iraq while on Operation Epic Fury duties have died.
The West Bloomfield Township, Michigan, Temple Israel attacker is identified as a Lebanese national, according to reporting by FOX News’s Bill Melugin.
FOX News’s Bill Melugin indicates the vehicle driven into Temple Israel synagogue in West Bloomfield Township, Michigan, was registered to a Dearborn resident from Lebanon.
Iran pursued its strategy of economic warfare on Thursday, attacking two oil tankers in the Persian Gulf and repeating its threats to cut off oil shipments through the vital trade route.
Iran and its proxies continue to launch strikes, including against oil tankers in the Gulf, while Israel says they scored “extensive” hits.
Hezbollah declared a military campaign against Israel on Wednesday night in what Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps described as a “joint and integrated operation,” launching more than 100 rockets, drones, and missiles at over 50 Israeli targets as Jerusalem retaliated with heavy strikes in Beirut and warned the confrontation is now “headed toward a serious escalation.”
A Maronite Christian priest named Father Pierre al-Rahi was reportedly killed by an Israeli strike in southern Lebanon on Monday, highlighting the danger to Christian communities caught in the crossfire between the Iran-backed terrorists of Hezbollah and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).
The Israeli military said on Sunday that it targeted commanders from the Quds Force, the elite foreign espionage unit of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), with airstrikes on Beirut.
The United States says it has continued to dominate the Iranian Navy and Tehran launches strikes against Israel, albeit at a reduced pace.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) ordered some 250,000 residents of southern Lebanon to evacuate on Wednesday ahead of major military action against the terrorists of Hezbollah.
Iran warns retribution against the U.S for sinking one of its warships in international waters, and continues to hit out at the wider region.
Iran is attempting to choose a new supreme leader, while the U.S. and Israel continue strikes, including on Tehran and Lebanon.
French President Emmanuel Macron said that the joint American-Israeli military strikes against Iran are “outside of international law.”
The military operation against Iran has entered its fourth day on Tuesday, with missiles and rockets traded by combatants overnight.
Israel authorises forces to advance into Lebanon and “take control” to prevent Hezbollah using it to fire into Israeli border settlements.
The Iran-backed Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah launched missiles and drones at Israel on Sunday night, ostensibly in revenge for the death of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Hezbollah opened a second front against Israel overnight, launching rockets and drones from Lebanon in what it called retaliation for the killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Monday that the Iranian regime would face “a force they cannot even imagine” should it attack the Jewish state, as U.S. refueling and cargo aircraft landed at Ben Gurion Airport and an American carrier strike group advanced toward the eastern Mediterranean amid escalating regional tensions.
With a little more than a day remaining in 2025, Americans are gearing up for an especially heated midterm season – but elsewhere around the world, voters are anticipating epic presidential elections, game-changing parliamentary races, and possible political contests that stand to change the course of their nation’s histories.
Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem told Al Arabiya News on Monday that “we trust Trump” to deliver peace in Gaza and stabilize the Middle East.
Pope Leo XIV departed Lebanon on Tuesday after an emotional day that began with a visit to the site of the 2020 Beirut port explosion and Mass attended by over 150,000 people — and concluded with an event in which the Catholic leader heard the testimonies of the nation’s youth, encouraging them to retain hope.
Pope Leo XIV, addressing the leaders of the government of Lebanon on Sunday, urged them to consider “what can be done to ensure that young people in particular do not feel compelled to leave their homeland and emigrate. ” He added rejecting migration is “very valuable” and requires “real courage.”
Pope Leo XIV held prayers at the Armenian Apostolic Cathedral in Istanbul on Sunday in a gesture of support for Christian unity and Christian minorities in Turkey.
Pope Leo XIV urged Catholics to pray for him on Wednesday as he prepared to depart for his first international tour as the Archbishop of Rome, stopping in Turkey to mark the anniversary of the Council of Nicaea and in Lebanon to meet with the Christian community there.
Pope Leo XIV kicked off the first foreign trip of his papacy Thursday, landing in Turkey to begin a six-day Middle East tour.
The Maronite Christian bishops of Lebanon issued a joint statement last week denouncing Israel’s “daily attacks on the South and other regions of Lebanon, which are bringing the country to the brink of war once again.”
After meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House on Monday, Syria’s interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa said Trump supports his call for Israel to remove its forces from Syrian territory.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched heavy airstrikes against Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon on Thursday, accusing Hezbollah of violating the ceasefire agreement by rebuilding its military presence in the region.
Lebanon’s President Joseph Aoun said on Monday that he wants negotiations with Israel, mediated by President Donald Trump.
Iranian regime newspaper Islamic Republic described the Hamas atrocities of October 7, 2023, as “a mistake that cost Iran dearly.”
Lebanon on Tuesday suspended the operating license of a Hezbollah-linked non-governmental organization (NGO) called the Rissalat Association because it projected images of slain Hezbollah leaders onto a beloved national landmark.
The Vatican announced on Tuesday that Pope Leo XIV will make visits to Turkey and Lebanon beginning in late November, his first international travel as the head of the Catholic Church.
Two of three men arrested for a Katy, Texas, shooting at a little league baseball game legally immigrated to the United States and had been given immigration benefits by former President Joe Biden’s administration, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials reveal.
Syria’s “interim” President Ahmed al-Sharaa, a former jihadist warlord, is carefully laying the groundwork for his big global debut at the U.N. General Assembly (UNGA) next week.
Police in Bulgaria have arrested Russian national Igor Grechushkin 5 years after a ship he owned was linked to the Port of Beirut explosion.
President Trump’s efforts in Syria and Lebanon have the potential to turn the tide, utilizing a new approach of economic development, diplomacy, and peacemaking rather than endless wars. Congress should support these efforts by repealing the Caesar Act.
On Tuesday’s “PBS NewsHour,” “NewsHour” Special Correspondent Simona Foltyn discussed the American plan to disarm Hezbollah and said that pushing to disarm the terrorist group by the end of the year, “risks leaving Lebanon with few means to defend itself.”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu extended an olive branch to Lebanon on Monday, reacting positively to a decision earlier this month by the Lebanese government to disarm Hezbollah.
