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November 27, 2024

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US military to monitor Israel-Lebanon ceasefire alongside UN, France

The Lebanese Army emerges as the lynchpin of a fragile ceasefire as Biden vows no US troops on the ground in south Lebanon.

An Israeli soldier sits in a tank stationed near the border with Lebanon in the Upper Galilee area in northern Israel, on Nov. 26, 2024.

Biden says Israel, Lebanon accept ceasefire to end war

President Joe Biden said the parties had agreed to a “permanent cessation of hostilities” after nearly 14 months of war.

Smoke billows from the site of an Israeli airstrike in Marjayoun, near the Lebanon-Israel border, on Sept. 23, 2024.

Israel security cabinet approves ceasefire deal with Hezbollah to end Lebanon war

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his security cabinet approved the US-mediated deal with Hezbollah for stopping the conflict in Lebanon.

Smoke billows above Beirut's southern suburbs following an Israeli airstrike on Nov. 26, 2024, amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hezbollah.

Cautious optimism in Lebanon as Israel inches toward cease-fire deal

Lebanon is awaiting Israel’s decision on a US-brokered cease-fire deal even as Israeli strikes continue across the country.

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Netanyahu gets partial delay for testimony; cease-fire decision expected in hours

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives at the District Court to follow Hollywood producer Arnon Milchan by video conference from Brighton, testifying at a trial involving Netanyahu, Jerusalem, June 25, 2023.

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Will Netanyahu finally agree to Lebanon cease-fire after months of delays?

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a memorial ceremony for Israelis killed on the Hebrew calendar anniversary of the Hamas attack on October 7 last year that sparked the ongoing war in Gaza, at the Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem on Oct. 27, 2024.

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Lebanon’s ex-spymaster says Israel-Hezbollah cease-fire close

The influential head of Lebanon's General Security apparatus, Abbas Ibrahim, is pictured during an interview at his office in the capital Beirut on July 22, 2020.

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Four Italian UNIFIL peacekeepers injured in Lebanon as Argentina withdraws

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The Libera tanker is moored off the port in Beirut, Lebanon, Sept. 17, 2021.

Will Iranian fuel solve fuel crisis in Lebanon?

Lebanese economists do not see any benefit from the Iranian fuel shipments that recently entered Lebanon, with support from Hezbollah, amid the worsening fuel crisis in the cash-strapped country.

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Arrest warrant issued for ex-minister over Beirut blast

Youssef Fenianos, Lebanon's former public works and transportation minister, had reportedly failed to appear for questioning before the judge.

Beirut explosion protest

Survivors, rights groups call for UN to investigate Beirut blast

The joint letter with 145 signatories called on the UN Human Rights Council to heed the call of survivors and launch an independent, international probe of the blast.

Lebanese wait to fill their gas cylinders in the southern city of Sidon amidst a deepening economic crisis, on Aug. 10, 2021.

Lebanese energy plan includes Syria

A meeting of Jordanian, Egyptian, Lebanese and Syrian ministers seems to have cracked Syria's isolation.

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Lebanon forms new government

The formation of a new government led by Prime Minister Najib Mikati brings to an end a 13-month gridlock in Lebanon.

A Syrian refugee walks past the rubble of demolished concrete walls at a make-shift camp in the town of Rihaniyye in Lebanon's Akkar governorate on Aug. 9, 2019.

Lebanon won't deport six detained Syrian refugees

Five of the six men are from Syria's Daraa province, where government forces and rebels have clashed in recent months.

Lebanese soldiers are pictured at a petrol station in the capital Beirut on Aug. 14, 2021, after soldiers were deployed to force several stations to reopen their doors.

Egypt, Jordan, Syria agree to export gas to crisis-stricken Lebanon

Syria also agreed to transfer Jordanian electricity to Lebanon, while Iran already sent fuel.

Michel Aouon

Lebanon's president calls for UN action after Israeli strikes

Lebanese President Michel Aoun said recent Israeli airstrikes targeting Hezbollah violated Lebanon's sovereignty.

Taliban, imam at Kabul mosque

Will the Taliban welcome al-Qaeda back to Afghanistan?

Afghanistan's economy is hanging by a thread; Iran makes the best of the Taliban; the "resistance" finds inspiration; five must reads on Afghanistan.

Civil Defense personnel monitor a wildfire burning through hills on July 28, 2021, in Qobayat, Lebanon.

Fires in northern Lebanon caused by high temperatures, winds

Lebanon has experienced several wildfires this summer, as have other countries in the region.

Demonstrators gather outside the port of Lebanon's capital, Beirut, on the first anniversary of the blast that ravaged the port and the city on Aug. 4, 2021.

Lebanese commemorate Beirut port explosion anniversary with statue, music

Activists and families of the victims of the deadly Beirut port blast have criticized a statue that was erected at the explosion site, saying they need to get to the truth behind the explosion before holding any memorial.

Relatives of fuel tank burn victim anguished at Tripoli hospital

Fuel crisis roils Lebanon

Lebanon's fuel crisis is killing people, and hospital patients could be among the next victims.