The president of Cyprus Nikos Christodoulides told Breitbart News exclusively on Sunday that he is appointing a new “Special Representative” of his government for religious freedoms to focus on protecting Christians and other religious minorities throughout the Middle East.
Villages in southern Lebanon that were taken over by Hezbollah in recent years and used to stockpile weapons and fire projectiles at Israeli communities were flattened in the recent war that ended with a ceasefire last month.
Three young men arrested in Germany for allegedly holding strong sympathies with the Islamic State and making preparations for an attack.
Christians in parts of Lebanon celebrated the downfall of Syrian dictator Bashar Assad over the weekend, gathering in town squares to launch celebratory fireworks and gleefully tearing down pictures of Assad from border crossings.
The regime in Iran is scrambling to explain why it was unable to protect its client Bashar Assad in Syria from being overthrown by a lightning-fast jihadi offensive that accomplished in less than two weeks what a decade of civil war could not.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told journalists on Monday evening local time that Israel had destroyed in 14 months what it had taken Iran 45 years to build: a network of terrorist groups on the borders of the Jewish state.
Christians in Lebanon are celebrating the release of several prisoners who were abducted by the Syrian regime over several decades of occupation and who are now, finally, free after the sudden collapse of the Assad regime on Sunday.
A senior Iranian official said on Friday that his country will send missiles, drones, and more “military advisers” to Syria.
Israel Defense Forces (IDF) personnel on Tuesday accused peacekeepers from the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) of ignoring ceasefire violations by Hezbollah in Lebanon.
The ceasefire in Lebanon, barely five days old, is near collapse as of Monday after Hezbollah fired rockets at Israel, following the Biden-Harris administration’s erroneous claim that Israeli surveillance drones violated the agreement.
The Biden-Harris administration continues to undermine Israel’s security on its way out the door, joining France in claiming that Israel is violating the new ceasefire with Hezbollah in Lebanon by flying surveillance drones over Beirut.
The Israeli Air Force (IAF) forced an Iranian cargo plane full of weapons for Hezbollah to turn around mid-flight on Sunday after intercepting it in Syrian airspace, according to media reports.
On Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Katy Tur Reports,” host and NBC News Correspondent Katy Tur asked Israeli Government Spokesman David Mencer if it would be a violation of the ceasefire deal if Israel “re-arms itself and resets for a possible
Christians in southern Lebanon welcomed the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) on Wednesday as part of a ceasefire in which Hezbollah agreed to withdraw from the area, and Israel insisted Lebanon had to use its military to keep it out. The
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said Wednesday that it had arrested four Hezbollah terrorists who were sneaking south among civilians returning to their homes in southern Lebanon following the onset of a ceasefire agreement.
President Joe Biden said Wednesday that the administration’s success in negotiating a ceasefire in Lebanon between Israel and Hezbollah would inspire the White House to press for a ceasefire and hostage deal with Hamas in Gaza.
Hamas, the Iran-backed terrorist organization that started the ongoing war in the Middle East on October 7, 2023, and still holds 101 Israeli hostages, said Wednesday that it also wants a ceasefire, as a deal in Lebanon took effect.
The U.S.-brokered ceasefire between Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah terror organization has officially taken effect as of 10:00 a.m. local time.
The Lebanon ceasefire is the fulfillment of a key campaign promise by President-elect Donald Trump.
Israel’s security cabinet approved a U.S. proposal Tuesday for a ceasefire with Hezbollah in Lebanon, following a speech in which Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hailed the achievements of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).
An Israeli official said on Monday that a potential ceasefire with Lebanon would mean only a temporary “cessation of hostilities,” not an end to Israel’s war against the terrorists of Hezbollah.
Israel Defense Forces (IDF) troops raced to complete missions Tuesday before the Israeli government accepted a U.S.-brokered ceasefire
Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers reached the Litani River in southern Lebanon on Tuesday for the first time since 2000, ahead of a ceasefire that was expected to be adopted by Israel’s security cabinet later on Tuesday evening.
Hezbollah fled from Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers in southern Lebanon, refusing to confront them in direct combat during the two months in which Israel has been on the ground there, removing terrorist border positions. A senior military official from
The Biden-Harris administration is said to be threatening Israel into accepting a 60-day ceasefire in Lebanon, lest it allow the United Nations Security Council to impose a ceasefire instead, with sanctions if Israel refuses to comply.
There were some photographs I did not publish when I traveled to the Lebanese-Israeli border in November, as tensions were nearing a boiling point.
The Israeli government has reportedly agreed to the outlines of a U.S. proposal for a ceasefire with Hezbollah, to which the Lebanese government has also largely agreed, according to several reports in Israeli media on Monday.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Alpine (or Mountain) Brigade announced Saturday that it had found weaponry manufactured by Iran on the slopes of Har (Mount) Dov, one of two strategic mountains on the border near Israel.
The pain has continued for the families of twelve Druze Israeli Arab children killed in July by a Hezbollah rocket attack, along with the families of the wounded. But so, too, have the embraces and support.
Israel avoided a strategic disaster by rejecting the Biden-Harris administration’s attempt to impose a ceasefire that would have meant retreating from Har Dov.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said Tuesday that Hezbollah had fired rockets that struck United Nations Interim Forces in Lebanon (UNIFIL) peacekeepers in southern Lebanon — not once, but twice in the same day.
An Israeli Arab woman, Safaa Qaat Awad, was identified as a victim of a Hezbollah rocket attack that hit the northern Israeli town of Shfar’am.
Hezbollah has reportedly agreed to ceasefire terms proposed by the United States, according to the Lebanese government — though the terror group has “comments” that may indicate it has not fully accepted the deal.
Israeli government spokesman David Mencer told journalists Monday that progress on a ceasefire with Hezbollah in Lebanon depended on Israel’s security demands, so that Israelis evacuated from the border region can return to their homes.
Female soldiers from a combat intelligence unit in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) deployed in southern Lebanon for the first time in the country’s history, according to media reports.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) killed Hezbollah’s chief of media relations, Mohammed Afif, in an airstrike in Beirut on Sunday, according to Reuters.
The Iranian regime has given the government of Lebanon the go-ahead to reach a ceasefire with Israel on behalf of Hezbollah, the Iran-backed terror group that began the war in October 2023 but has since been beaten badly.
President-elect Donald Trump promised Thursday to end all restrictions and delays on arms deliveries to Israel on his first day in office, according to Amit Segal, a reporter for Israel’s Channel 12 News and Yedioth Ahronot newspaper.
The U.S. handed a ceasefire proposal to Lebanon on Thursday that could end the Third Lebanon War, which has raged between the Iranian-backed Hezbollah terror organization and the State of Israel for nearly two months.
Prince Turki bin Faisal al-Saud, former Saudi ambassador to the United States, has written an open letter to President-elect Donald Trump asking him to “finish what you started the last time you occupied the White House” with respect to Middle Eastern affairs.
