Beirut, Lebanon – AFP Visiting US envoy Amos Hochstein warned that the clock was ticking for a Gaza cease-fire that could also help end 10 months of cross-border exchanges between Lebanon’s Hezbollah and Israel. His Lebanon trip came a day before cease-fire negotiations between Hamas and Israel resumed, with top diplomats scramblin...
Palestinian Territories – AFP President Joe Biden said Tuesday that a cease-fire deal in Gaza could deter Iran from attacking Israel in retaliation for the killing of a Hamas leader that sent regional tensions soaring. His remarks came after Iran rejected Western calls to “stand down” its threat of reprisals. The Islamic repu...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli army Tuesday claimed to have downed two drones fired from Lebanon toward northern Israel. In a statement, the Israeli army said it intercepted one drone over the Kiryat Shmona settlement in the Galilee area. Another was hit in Lebanese airspace before crossing into Israel, the military statement claimed. No i...
BEIRUT (AA) – Two members of Lebanon’s Hezbollah group have been killed in clashes with the Israeli army along the Lebanese-Israeli border. In separate statements, Hezbollah identified the fighters as Ali Jamal al-Din Jawad and Ali Ghaleb Shuqair, which they said were killed “on the road to Jerusalem,” in reference to Hezboll...
WASHINGTON (AA) – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned foreign ministers from the G7 countries Sunday that attacks by Iran and Hezbollah on Israel could come “as early as Monday” in retaliation for the assassination of Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh and senior Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr, according to a report...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The foreign ministers of the Group of Seven (G7) major democracies expressed “deep concern” Sunday over the rising tensions in the Middle East. The foreign ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK, the US and the High Representative of the European Union in a statement indicated their “deep concern at [&...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The US issued a warning Saturday to its nationals to immediately leave Lebanon as tension between Israel and Hezbollah continued to rise. The US Embassy in Beirut said flights by several airlines have been canceled but “commercial transportation options to leave Lebanon remain available.” “We encourage those who wish to d...
Beirut, Lebanon — AFP Hezbollah has said that senior military commander Fuad Shukr was inside the building in Beirut’s southern suburbs hit by Israel the other day and that his fate was still unknown. The Israeli military claimed that its Tuesday strike had “eliminated” Shukr, a top Hezbollah commander it said was respo...
BEIRUT (AA) – Israel killed two people and injured five others in southern Lebanon, targeting a car and a motorcycle on Monday. Lebanon’s official news agency reported that an Israeli drone struck a car between the towns of Mays al-Jabal and Chaqra on the road to Al Qala, resulting in two injuries. A second attack […]
BEIRUT (AA) – Flights at Beirut’s Rafic Hariri International Airport have resumed after airlines reported delays and cancellations. The airport’s online data indicated that several flights landed on Monday morning from key destinations, including Amman, Dubai, Doha, and Larnaca. However, morning departures from the airport pr...
