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Lebanon has proposed the first direct talks with Israel in decades. It might be too late

Lebanon’s government has broken a taboo by proposing the first direct talks with Israel in decades

The Independent UK · Mar 17

Israel launches drones at Lebanon as fears of escalation spike

Israel has pledged retaliation for a strike on the occupied Golan Heights for which it has blamed Hezbollah.

Al Jazeera · Jul 29, 2024

US and Europe warn Lebanon's Hezbollah to ease strikes on Israel and back off from wider Mideast war

U.S., European and Arab mediators are pressing to keep stepped-up cross-border attacks between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah militants from spiraling into a wider Middle East war that the world has feared for months

The Independent UK · Jun 29, 2024

Lebanon fears regional war as Hezbollah-Israel fighting intensifies

Lebanon’s Prime Minister Najib Mikati warns ‘chaos could engulf’ the region if his country enters the Israel-Hamas war.

Al Jazeera · Oct 30, 2023

Can Lebanon’s Hezbollah afford to go to war with Israel?

Observers fear that Hezbollah joining war against Israel could cause devastation in Lebanon and regional escalation.

Al Jazeera · Oct 16, 2023

What's behind Syria’s return to the Arab League?

The Arab League’s decision to re-admit Syria after 12 years of ostracization was a large symbolic victory for Damascus

The Independent UK · May 8, 2023

Lebanon-Israel Deal a Landmark but with Limits, Experts Say

US mediators tried for more than a decade to broker a maritime border agreement between Lebanon and Israel.

Asharq Al-Awsat · Nov 3, 2022

Lebanon-Israel deal a landmark but with limits, experts say

The recent maritime border deal between Lebanon and Israel allocates rights to off-shore natural gas drilling and has been hailed as a game changer

The Independent UK · Nov 3, 2022

Analysis: Syria’s Assad hoping for Iran nuclear deal success

Israel’s attack on Damascus airport last week highlights the importance of a deal between Iran and the West to Syria.

Al Jazeera · Jun 17, 2022

Iran's Nuclear Tactics Leave Biden with Tough Choices

A flare-up in tensions between the UN nuclear monitor and Iran this week has left US President Joe Biden in an increasingly tight jam. The US leader opened his presidency with a pledge to return to the 2015 international agreement that aimed to prevent Tehran from building nuclear weapons, after…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jun 11, 2022