Beirut, Lebanon – On October 14, Israel killed 22 people in the northern Lebanese village of Aitou in an air attack. Israel claimed it struck a “Hezbollah target” but the attack on a predominantly Christian town has made many wonder if Israel is expanding its war to chase down Hezbollah…
Lebanon faces a threat just as destructive as the bombs raining down on its cities: a displacement crisis that risks tearing the country apart from within. Communities are stretched to their limits, and the fractures running through Lebanese society are widening by the day. If this continues unchecked, the implosion…
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has called for the strengthening of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Lebanon, known as UNIFIL, during a visit to Beirut. The premier decried attacks against UNIFIL, whose forces have been targeted by Israeli troops in recent weeks. “Only by strengthening UNIFIL while maintaining its…
Around 11,000 Lebanese nationals in the US can stay for 18 months and file for work permits under new status. The United States is granting temporary immigration protections for thousands of Lebanese nationals as Israel continues a devastating month-long assault on their home country. The protections include offering Temporary Protected…
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Israel’s war on Lebanon has thrown a country already suffering from compounding crises – economic, banking, political – into an even deeper void. A day after the start of the war in Gaza on October 7, 2023, Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah group began exchanging strikes across the border, which have…
NewsFeed As Israel’s invasion of Lebanon escalates, some Israelis are pushing the idea of expanding Israel’s territory yet again with the goal of a so-called ‘Greater Israel’ in mind. But is this just some fringe fantasy? Soraya Lennie looks at how this all came about. Published On 17 Oct 202417…
UNICEF and WFP call for support for hundreds of thousands displaced by fighting, with women and children bearing the brunt. United Nations agencies have called for an urgent increase in funding to deal with the unfolding humanitarian crisis in Lebanon as the Israeli military continues its offensive against Hezbollah. UNICEF…
PM Netanyahu’s office says it will consider US ‘opinions’, but Israel will make its own decision in attacking Iran. Israel will take into account the “opinions” of the United States but will ultimately act against an Iranian missile attack according to its own “national interests”, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office…
Al-Bara, Syria – Musa Baghdadi paid $6,000 for the privilege of exchanging one bombardment for another. “I paid to escape the shelling in Lebanon to reach my village, which is also under bombardment by Assad’s army,” he tells Al Jazeera at his modest, one-storey home in al-Bara, western Idlib. The…
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