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In address to Iran, Netanyahu says nowhere in Middle East out of Israel's reach
JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Iranians on Monday that there was nowhere in the Middle East beyond Israel's...
Oct 1, 20241 min read


Explainer-What is the history of the Israel-Palestinian conflict?
Israel and Hamas have been waging war since gunmen from the Palestinian militant group in the Gaza Strip stormed into southern Israel on...
Oct 1, 20245 min read


France says it is sending helicopter carrier to eastern Mediterranean
PARIS - A French helicopter carrier will arrive in the eastern Mediterranean in the next five to six days and take up position in case a...
Oct 1, 20241 min read


Israel launches ground operations in Lebanon with 'limited' raids on Hezbollah
BEIRUT - Israel said its troops had launched raids inside Lebanon on Tuesday, starting its widely expected ground operations after two...
Oct 1, 20244 min read


Lebanese troops pull back from border as Israeli ground invasion looms
WASHINGTON/BEIRUT/JERUSALEM - Lebanese troops pulled back from the border with Israel late on Monday as a ground invasion by Israel...
Oct 1, 20244 min read


UN peacekeepers patrol southern Lebanon - what is their mandate?
UNITED NATIONS - United Nations peacekeepers were deployed to patrol Lebanon's southern border with Israel in 1978 after Israel invaded...
Oct 1, 20242 min read


Turkey's Erdogan says UN should recommend use of force if Israel not stopped
ANKARA - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that the United Nations General Assembly should recommend the use of force, in...
Oct 1, 20241 min read


Factbox-Who is Sheikh Naim Qassem, Hezbollah's deputy leader who spoke on Monday?
BEIRUT - Hezbollah's deputy secretary general Sheikh Naim Qassem said the group would appoint a new leader at the earliest opportunity to...
Oct 1, 20242 min read


Factbox-Which countries have pledged aid to Lebanon as conflict worsened?
DUBAI - Israeli attacks on the Hezbollah group in Lebanon have killed more than 1,000 people and wounded 6,000 in the past two weeks,...
Oct 1, 20242 min read


Israel strikes Yemen port, keeps up Lebanon assault
JERUSALEM/BEIRUT - Israel said it bombed Houthi targets in Yemen on Sunday and mounted further airstrikes in Lebanon, expanding its...
Oct 1, 20244 min read


Israel kills Hezbollah leader Nasrallah, robbing Iran of top ally
JERUSALEM/BEIRUT - Israel killed Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah in a powerful airstrike in Beirut, dealing a heavy blow to the...
Sep 29, 20245 min read


Lebanon's Nasrallah - who Israel says it has killed - has led Hezbollah to become regional force
BEIRUT - Lebanon's Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, who Israel said on Saturday it has killed, has led Hezbollah through decades of conflict with...
Sep 28, 20245 min read
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