As theMiddle East that is completley reconfigured, the time has come for the Druze community, scattered between Lebanon, Syria, Israel and Jordan, to make choices. Hostile to a new Islamist gover

Hezbollah has more to lose from a renewed war with Israel than anyone and, unlike Hamas, has no hostages to pressure Israel to hold back.

Defense minister says strikes are part of new policy aimed at 'pacifying southern Syria;' strike in Lebanon's Beqaa Valley targets 'blatant violation' of ceasefire, military says

The Arab League summit in Cairo concluded on Tuesday with a unified stance on Gaza’s reconstruction, endorsing Egypt’s $53 billion plan to rebuild the enclave, while rejecting any proposals that involve Palestinian displacement.

Israel has established a border security zone inside Lebanon, Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said on Tuesday. "The Israeli occupation was not limited to the five border hills, but extended to establish a border strip extending a kilometer or two inside Lebanese territory," Berri told the Lebanese daily Addiyar.

Former Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblatt said that Israel's objective is to dismantle the region and that its "biblical project has no boundaries." He emphasized that this is an old and new project that has failed in Lebanon.

Certain weak-willed individuals' are pushing for civil war, Walid Jumblatt warns after attending emergency meeting of General Assembly of Druze Sectarian Council at its headquarters in Beirut - Anadol

Lebanon seized $2.5 million in cash destined for Hezbollah carried by a man arriving from Turkey. This development follows Israeli accusations that Turkey is being used as a conduit for Iranian funds to reach Hezbollah and may be facilitating the transfers.

Lebanon, by the way, could actually mobilize and come into the Abraham Peace Accords, as could potentially Syria," said Witkoff, but is this possible?

The Israeli military conducts air raids on what it described as military bases and command centres. The Israeli military has conducted air raids targeting what it described as military bases and command centres in southern Syria and outside the capital, Damascus.

The forces of Syria's new authorities deployed Sunday in a Damascus suburb following deadly clashes with Druze gunmen, state media said amid tensions after Israeli demands to protect the minority group.

Israeli planes struck the town of Kisweh approximately 20 kilometres (12 miles) south of Damascus, a Syrian security source and ... we will not allow southern Syria to become southern Lebanon," Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz's spokesperson said ...