BEIRUT, Lebanon, Feb. 8 (UPI) --Lebanon's Prime Minister Nawaf Salam on Saturday formed a new cabinet made up of specialized and clean-handed ministers, ending past dominance by Hezbollah and its ...

U.S. authorises extended Israeli troop presence in south Lebanon, says Israeli public broadcaster Kan Israel asked for 10-day extension beyond Feb. 18 deadline to stay in Lebanon, Lebanese ...

Under a truce brokered by Washington in November, Israeli troops were granted 60 days to withdraw from southern Lebanon where they had waged a ground offensive against fighters from Iran-backed ...

The outgoing deputy commander of the UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon has been injured after protesters attacked a convoy near Beirut airport. Demonstrators have been blocking the road to the ...

BEIRUT — Lebanon’s new prime minister on Saturday formed the country’s first full-fledged government since 2022. President Joseph Aoun announced in a statement that he had accepted the ...

Lebanon formed a new government on Saturday, following unusually direct U.S. intervention in the process and in a step intended to bring the country closer to accessing reconstruction funds ...

A convoy of United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) vehicles was attacked on Friday evening by Hezbollah supporters near Beirut International Airport. Footage from the area showed at ...

Beirut, Lebanon (AFP)–Lebanese media on Sunday reported that Israeli gunfire killed a woman as Washington pressed Beirut to disarm Hezbollah, two days before a deadline in the ceasefire between ...

The IDF Spokesperson’s Unit said, “The targets struck were a violation of the understandings between Israel and Lebanon.” “The IDF continues to operate to remove any threat to the State of ...

BEIRUT — The deadline Sunday for the withdrawal of Israeli forces from southern Lebanon was marked by violence as hundreds of people, eager to return home after months of displacement ...

Beirut, Lebanon – A new president. A new prime minister. And the sense that Hezbollah, arguably the most powerful group in the country, has been weakened. It has been a potentially ...