The Latest Breaking News from Lebanon

Israeli defense minister says troops will remain in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria indefinitely

Israel’s defense minister says troops will remain in so-called security zones in the Gaza Strip, Lebanon and Syria indefinitely

The Independent UK · Apr 17, 2025

Israel says its troops will remain in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria indefinitely

Defence minister says army ‘will remain in the security zones as a buffer between the enemy and [Israeli] communities’.

Al Jazeera · Apr 16, 2025

Qatar sends aid to Lebanese army as the country recovers from Hezbollah's war with Israel

Qatar is sending military vehicles to the Lebanese army and a new, $60 million donation to help it pay salaries to officers as the small Mediterranean country recovers from daily fighting in Hezbollah's latest war with Israel

The Independent UK · Apr 16, 2025

Israel has killed at least 71 civilians in Lebanon since ceasefire, UN says

Death toll announced as Israel launches new attack in southern Lebanon, killing one person and injuring three.

Al Jazeera · Apr 15, 2025

Middle East latest: Israeli strike on Kuwaiti Field Hospital in Gaza kills medic and wounds several

An Israeli airstrike hit Tuesday the northern gate of the Kuwaiti Field Hospital in the Gaza Strip, killing a medic and wounding nine other people, a spokesman for the hospital said

The Independent UK · Apr 15, 2025

Syria's Alawites still face targeted attacks a month after brutal counteroffensive

A month after a wave of revenge attacks left hundreds of Alawite civilians dead, members of the Syrian religious minority are still living in fear, with dozens killed in smaller attacks since the start of April

The Independent UK · Apr 15, 2025

Disarming Lebanon's Hezbollah No Longer Inconceivable: Analysts

The once unthinkable disarmament of Hezbollah could finally be within reach, as the United States pushes Lebanon to act and applies pressure to the group's backer Iran over its nuclear programme, analysts said.

International Business Times · Apr 15, 2025

Lebanese PM visits Syria’s president to reset years of strained relations

Nawaf Salam meets Ahmed al-Sharaa to discuss border security, refugees, and past political killings under al-Assad.

Al Jazeera · Apr 14, 2025

Lebanon's civil war fighters working for reconciliation, 50 years on

Near front lines where they once battled each other, former fighters in Lebanon's civil war now gather to bear the same message, half a century after the devastating conflict erupted: never again.

Radio France Internationale · Apr 13, 2025

50 years after Lebanon's civil war began, a bullet-riddled bus stands as a reminder

What happened on April 13, 1975, would change the course of Lebanon

The Independent UK · Apr 13, 2025