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Tremor recorded as Israel says Hezbollah tunnels destroyed in south Lebanon

September 11, 2026 admin

The Israeli authorities had claimed to have taken control of the Ali al-Taher ridge last week. File | Photo Credit: AP Israel said on Thursday (September 10, 2026) it demolished key tunnels built by the Iran-backed Hezbollah group beneath the strategic Ali al-Taher ridge in southern Lebanon, triggering a 4.1 magnitude tremor. AFP journalists in…

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Senior Lebanese official slams U.S.-brokered deal with Israel, warns of divisions

June 29, 2026 admin

Israel has occupied a swathe of southern Lebanon in a war with Hezbollah that ‌began on March 2, when the group opened fire at Israel after Iran came under U.S.-Israeli attack. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters Lebanon’s Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, a key ally of Hezbollah, on Monday (June 29, 2026) slammed a U.S.-brokered agreement…

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Hezbollah chief calls U.S.-Israel-Lebanon deal ‘grave blunder’, deems it null and void

June 27, 2026 admin

Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem condemned the U.S.-Israel-Lebanon framework agreement on Saturday (June 27, 2026), saying it is a major mistake by the government and that his group deems it null and void. West Asia war LIVE: Israel Defence Minister says will use ‘force’ against Iran if…

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Hezbollah chief says Israel must ‘unconditionally’ leave Lebanon

June 26, 2026 admin

Hezbollah leader Sheikh Naim Qassem, is seen on a screen during a sermon marking the first day of Ashoura, the Shiite Muslim commemoration of the 7th-century death of Imam Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, at the grave of late Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, left, in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, June 17, 2026. |…

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Hezbollah urges Hezbollah to mend ties with Iran

June 9, 2026 admin

Hezbollah on Tuesday (June 9, 2026) urged Lebanese authorities to mend their relationship with the group’s backer Iran and benefit from Tehran’s support, days after Iran struck Israel in response to bombardment on south Beirut. Last week, Lebanon’s President and Prime Minister issued pointed calls for Tehran to stop interfering in their country’s affairs, after…

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Lebanon says Israeli strikes kill 9 people, including 2 children

April 30, 2026 admin

Israeli strikes on south Lebanon killed nine people, including two children, Lebanon’s Health Ministry said on Thursday (April 30, 2026), shortly after the President decried what he described as ongoing Israeli violations of a nearly two-week ceasefire. Israel has pressed its attacks on Lebanon as the fragile ceasefire, announced after a round of direct talks…

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Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon kills 3 journalists covering the war

March 28, 2026 admin

A police officer looks at the destroyed car of Lebanese journalists Al Mayadeen reporter Fatima Ftouni and cameraman Mohammed Ftouni, and Al Manar reporter Ali Shaib, killed by a targeted Israeli strike, amid escalating hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah, as the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran continues, in Jezzine, in southern Lebanon, March 28, 2026. |…

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Hezbollah says battling Israeli troops’ advance in south Lebanon

March 19, 2026 admin

This photograph shows the destruction after an Israeli airstrike that targeted the southern coastal city of Tyre’s Al Hosh neighborhood, on March 19, 2026. Lebanon was drawn into the Middle East war on March 2 when militant group Hezbollah launched rockets towards Israel to avenge the killing of Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. |…

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Macron urges Israel to hold ‘direct talks’ with Lebanon

March 14, 2026 admin

France’s President Emmanuel Macron. File | Photo Credit: AP French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday (March 14, 2026) said Lebanon was ready to engage in “direct talks” with Israel and offered to host negotiations in Paris. Iran-Israel war LIVE: Israeli Defence Minister says war with Iran entering ‘decisive phase’; Iran threatens U.S.-linked facilities in UAE…

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Israel issues evacuation warning for village in southern Lebanon ahead of strike

December 13, 2025 admin

U.N vehicles drive past buildings destroyed by Israel’s air and ground offensive against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, as seen from Israel’s northernmost town of Metula. File | Photo Credit: AP Israel issued an evacuation warning for a village in southern Lebanon on Saturday (December 13, 2025) ahead of what it said was a planned strike…

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