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Israel: Iran, Hezbollah intensifying missile efforts
Middle East
August 30, 2019
Israel: Iran, Hezbollah intensifying missile efforts
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s prime minister on Thursday accused Iran and its Lebanese proxy Hezbollah of racing to build a…
UN warns ceasefire violations could spark Lebanon-Israel war
Middle East
August 30, 2019
UN warns ceasefire violations could spark Lebanon-Israel war
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council warned Thursday that violations of the cessation of hostilities between Israel and…
The Latest: Lebanese army fires at 2 Israeli drones
Middle East
August 29, 2019
The Latest: Lebanese army fires at 2 Israeli drones
BEIRUT (AP) — The Latest on tensions between Lebanon and Israel (all times local): 8:45 p.m. Lebanon’s official news agency…
Lebanon’s Hezbollah group rules out wider war with Israel
Middle East
August 28, 2019
Lebanon’s Hezbollah group rules out wider war with Israel
BEIRUT (AP) — The Lebanese militant Hezbollah group is ruling out a wider war with Israel but says it will…
Lebanon: Israeli air force hits Palestinian base in Lebanon
Middle East
August 27, 2019
Lebanon: Israeli air force hits Palestinian base in Lebanon
BEIRUT (AP) — Israeli drones bombed a Palestinian base in eastern Lebanon near the border with Syria early Monday, the…
Syria activists: Strikes kill 4, including woman, her child
Middle East
August 27, 2019
Syria activists: Strikes kill 4, including woman, her child
BEIRUT (AP) — Airstrikes targeted Syria’s last major rebel stronghold in the northwestern province of Idlib on Monday, killing at…
Lebanon’s Aoun met with U.N. official over ‘Israeli assault’: presidency
Middle East
August 26, 2019
Lebanon’s Aoun met with U.N. official over ‘Israeli assault’: presidency
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanese President Michel Aoun discussed on Monday the “Israeli assault on the southern suburbs of Beirut” with…
Israeli air strikes hit Palestinian military position in Lebanon: reports, security source
Middle East
August 26, 2019
Israeli air strikes hit Palestinian military position in Lebanon: reports, security source
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Israeli air strikes hit a military position belonging to a Palestinian group in Lebanon, near the Syrian…
Two Israeli drones fall in Beirut suburbs, one explodes: army, Hezbollah
Middle East
August 25, 2019
Two Israeli drones fall in Beirut suburbs, one explodes: army, Hezbollah
BEIRUT (Reuters) – An Israeli drone fell in the Hezbollah-dominated southern suburbs of Beirut and a second one exploded near…
As warm welcome chills, Turkey clamps down on Syrians
Middle East
August 22, 2019
As warm welcome chills, Turkey clamps down on Syrians
BEIRUT (AP) — Mustafa, a 21-year-old Syrian in Turkey, was at the shoe factory in Istanbul where he worked making…