Beirut

Iran’s retaliation for Israeli strikes on Lebanon is raising concerns that the political turmoil could spill over into the crude market

Dahieh, the once vibrant Shia suburb of the Lebanese capital, is almost empty after thousands of residents fled. Daily Israeli airstrikes are leaving craters, collapsed buildings and damaged sidewalks

Iran’s attack on Israel shatters hopes for a short-term ceasefire or truce

Up to 180,000 Lebanese and Syrians have crossed into the neighbouring country, which is still at war, in the last week. With hardly any airlines flying and seats at a premium, hundreds of people with means and a Schengen visa are escaping by yacht to Cyprus

Washington will have about 43,000 troops in the area once the new personnel arrive, according to Pentagon officials

The ground incursion, accompanied by air and artillery fire, consists of ‘limited, localized and targeted ground raids’ against Hezbollah targets in the border area. Lebanese troops withdrew five kilometers from the border. Israeli fighter planes also heavily bombed the southern suburbs of Beirut

The detonation of thousands of pagers and walkie-talkies and the killing of the Lebanese militia’s leaders clearly demonstrates Israel’s ability to turn the tables, thanks to its military and technological superiority, and undisputed support of the United States

Israel said it carried out a precise airstrike on Friday while the Lebanese militant group’s leadership met at their headquarters in Dahiyeh

Warplanes reduced four buildings to rubble by dropping bombs of up to one ton on what Israel called the ‘main headquarters’ of the Lebanese party-militia

The Israeli prime minister rejected UN dialogue initiatives and lashed out at Iran for sponsoring terrorism in the region from Gaza to Lebanon

Benjamin Netanyahu, who rejected the diplomatic initiative on Thursday, now recognizes Washington’s ‘indispensable’ role in advancing regional stability

The Israeli prime minister insists on proceeding on a war footing despite a US and French proposal to agree on a 21-day truce

The military capabilities of the Lebanese fundamentalists are far inferior to Israel, but considerable nonetheless. It has missiles capable of hitting any point in Israeli territory if they get past its sophisticated anti-aircraft defenses

Up to 71% of the Israel Defense Forces participating in the Gaza conflict are reservists. Many of them have been transferred to the border with Lebanon after fighting in the Strip

The attacks of September 22-23 have already caused more fatalities in the country than all the other clashes this year

For decades, the small Mediterranean country has been a parallel stage in the struggle for control of historic Palestine

The IDF is replicating its Gaza strategy and forcing thousands of Lebanese families to flee amid intense bombardments against Hezbollah. Meanwhile, three ‘highly trained and motivated’ divisions transferred from the Strip await the order to invade

Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency said the strikes hit a forested area in the central province of Byblos, about 81 miles north of the Israeli-Lebanese border

The professor, who specializes in criminal groups, says that the mass detonation of pagers and walkie-talkies creates ‘a psychosis of absolute insecurity’

The Israeli army is responding to the offensive by the Lebanese militia which fired dozens of rockets at the north of the country on Friday

The back-to-back detonations on Tuesday and Wednesday, attributed to Israel, have generated a mixture of vulnerability and indignation. A Beirut neighborhood that is a Hezbollah stronghold bore the brunt of it

Israel allegedly placed small explosives on 5,000 pagers that arrived in Lebanon in recent months, tampering with them along the supply line. The Taiwanese manufacturer, Gold Apollo, has declined any responsibility

The young men of Rmeish recently expelled suspected Hezbollah militiamen who were preparing attacks against Israel, an incident that took on a national dimension

Thirteen years of war has left 90% of Syria’s population below the poverty line. The U.N. World Food Program ended its main assistance program in January

The militia’s leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said that if Hezbollah did not strike back against Israel for the killing of Saleh al-Arouri, all of Lebanon would be vulnerable