Lebanon

Gun control and stricter border regulation: Lebanese President Aoun inches to confronting Hezbollah

Aoun spoke about the need for a “comprehensive approach to restricting the possession of weapons to the army and security forces."

The coffin of late Hezbollah leader Hashem Safieddine, who was killed during Israeli airstrikes last year, is carried during his burial, in Deir Qanoun al-Nahr, southern Lebanon February 24, 2025.
 HEZBOLLAH LEADER Sheikh Naim Qassem delivers an address earlier this year. Recently he affirmed that ‘liberation is a duty, no matter how long it takes.’

Lebanese president calls on Hezbollah to give up weapons, Qassem rejects disarmament

 A huge 35 square meters Israeli national flag is raised on the eve of Yom Kippur to remember the fallen soldiers of the 1973 Kippur War in the Golan Heights, Tel Saki Memorial Site, Golan Heights, October 11, 2024.

Despite increase in evacuated Israelis returning North, heavy-hit towns remain empty - IDF

 AN ISRAELI M109 howitzer fires artillery shells.

IDF to continue attacking Hezbollah until it disarms, even if leads to another war


As IDF stays inside Lebanon to deter Hezbollah, 'Post' embeds in deepest of five outposts

The position is heavily fortified, with large trenches and a sizable complement of soldiers, with additional IDF units nearby the border able to race over and reinforce the position on short notice.

Israeli soldiers seen in the Golan Heights, northern Israel, on February 8, 2024

Lebanese man accused of killing model wife arrested after fleeing to UK on small boat

Ibrahim Ghazal traveled through a number of European countries, evading extradition after arrests, by complaining he would be executed if he would return to Lebanon.

In this drone view an inflatable dinghy carrying migrants makes its way towards England in the English Channel, Britain, August 6, 2024. (illustrative)

Lebanese military tribunal sentences man to death for murder of Irish UN peacekeeper

Private Seán Rooney, a private, was murdered while driving a UN vehicle through the village of Al-Aqbiya, Lebanon, in December 2022. 

 Wreath of flowers are placed near the coffin of Irish soldier Sean Rooney who was killed on a U.N. peacekeeping Patrol, during repatriation ceremony at Beirut international airport, in Beirut, Lebanon December 18, 2022.

UK threatens Palestinian state recognition, IDF intercepts missile from Yemen

UK PM Starmer will reportedly introduce Palestinian statehood recognition plan • Israel, US boycott UN meeting on two-state solution • Netanyahu will visit Argentinia, meet Milei in August

 Israeli air defense systems intercept an incoming missile fired from Yemen, as seen from Jerusalem, July 1, 2025

Lebanon can’t get past talk of Hezbollah disarmament - analysis

"The government and Hezbollah need to fully commit and act now in order to not consign the Lebanese people to the stumbling status quo," Barrack wrote.

 US special envoy for Syria, the ambassador to Turkey Thomas Barrack attends a flag-raising ceremony at the US ambassador's residence in Damascus on May 29, 2025 for the first time since 2011.

Hezbollah rejects any long term ceasefire option where they give up their arms

Hezbollah has made it clear that it is not willing to surrender its weapons even if Israel withdraws from southern Lebanon, raising tensions in Lebanon.

 Hezbollah supporters celebrate what they say is Iran's victory, after US President Donald Trump announced a ceasefire between Israel and Iran, in Beirut, Lebanon, June 25, 2025

Hunter Biden: The worst thing that has happened to Jewish people globally is Israeli gov't

"Bombing the f*** out of whatever remains of Hamas in Gaza and turning it into a golf course like Donald Trump said is not going to work," he stated.

Hunter Biden and his wife Melissa Cohen Biden at a Hanukkah reception at the White House, December 16, 2024; illustrative.

IDF's new strategy: All borders must have buffer zones, defense achieved through offense

Unlike before October 7, the Israeli military decided it would achieve most of its defensive needs by preemptive offense going forward.

IDF operates in the buffer zone between Israel and Syria on December 13, 2024.

Lebanon drops charges against Hezbollah Ashura festival gunmen

US Envoy Tom Barrack in Beirut speaks about the US using influence to achieve its goals in the region.

A Hezbollah member carries a weapon which sources familiar with its arsenal said is used to counter drones, during a religious procession to mark Ashura in Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon July 17, 2024.

Mideast security expert: Are the Abraham Accords still a win-win? - interview

"If we look deeper, we must ask: Are these truly agreements that benefit both sides, or is Israel facing the danger that what it gives is not always reciprocated?”

 Washington DC, USA - September 15, 2020: Benjamin Netanyahu, Donald Trump, Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani, and Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan attend the Abraham Accords ceremony in The White House.

Disarming Hezbollah in Lebanon: Is it really possible?

As tensions simmer along Lebanon’s southern border, the long-standing debate over Hezbollah’s armed presence takes center stage again. But is disarmament truly achievable?

 Hezbollah flags flutter as protesters, mainly Houthi supporters, rally to show support to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon's Hezbollah, in Sanaa, Yemen September 27, 2024.