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Israel says Iran launched missiles at it in first such bombardment since fragile ceasefire

Israel says Iran has launched missiles at it in the first such bombardment since a fragile ceasefire took effect in early April, complicating mediation efforts for a deal to end the war.

 

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What to know about the deal between Israel and Lebanon extending their shaky ceasefire

Israel and Lebanon have agreed to renew their shaky ceasefire, aiming for comprehensive peace talks later this month. The U.S.

 

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Trump acknowledges calling Netanyahu ‘crazy’ and says Israel is complicating peace talks with Iran

President Donald Trump acknowledged criticizing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as “crazy” in a phone call that involved expletives.

 

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Israel kills 11 in Lebanon, a day after Trump said Israel and Hezbollah will de-escalate

Israeli drone strikes on southern Lebanon have killed 11 people, including a man along with his son and daughter. This comes a day after U.S.

 

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Trump says Israel and Hezbollah have agreed to dial back fighting

U.S. President Donald Trump says Israel and Hezbollah have agreed to dial back fighting after he talked with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and communicated with the Lebanon-militant group through mediators.

 

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What to know as Israeli forces’ historic Lebanon incursion complicates an Iran deal

Israeli forces are now deeper inside Lebanon than they have been in over 25 years, despite a U.S.-brokered ceasefire.

 

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Israeli army captures strategic castle in Lebanon in deepest incursion into the country in 26 years

Israeli troops have captured a strategic mountain topped with a Crusader-built castle in southern Lebanon in their deepest incursion into the country in more than a quarter-century.

 

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Israeli military strikes southern suburb of Beirut before crucial Lebanon-Israel talks in Washington

Israel’s military says that the air force has carried out an airstrike on a southern suburb of Lebanon’s capital.

 

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Israel’s military tells residents across southern Lebanon to leave as it fights Hezbollah

The Israeli military has told residents across southern Lebanon to leave as it expands its operations there.

 

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Israel and Hezbollah clash along a strategic Lebanese river after overnight strikes

Israel’s military is clashing with the militant Hezbollah group along a strategic river in Lebanon. The clashes come as Israeli troops are pushing farther north, just days before Lebanese and Israeli delegations are to meet for talks in Washington.

 

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Syria holds legislative elections in Kurdish-majority northeast

Syria has held follow-up parliamentary elections in the Kurdish-majority areas of Hassakeh and Kobani.

 

US sanctions Lebanese lawmakers, security officials over Hezbollah influence

The U.S. has imposed sanctions on Lebanese officials for allegedly maintaining Hezbollah’s influence over state institutions.

 

A displaced Lebanese grandmother feeds thousands of compatriots who fled war

Soubhiye Zeiter started baking outside her tent in Beirut to feed herself and her family, displaced by war.

 

War worsens Lebanon’s economic crisis with job losses, price gouging and slow business

The U.S.-Israeli war with Iran, and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, have sent economic shock waves across the Mideast.

 

Yemen government and Houthis agree to free 1,600 detainees in the largest swap of the 11-year war

Yemen’s government and Houthi rebels have agreed to free more than 1,600 detainees in the largest swap of Yemen’s 11-year civil war.

 

New round of Lebanon-Israel talks kicks off as fighting between Israel and Hezbollah continues

Israel and Lebanon have started a third round of direct talks in Washington. Lebanese officials hope these negotiations will lead to a new ceasefire and address issues like Israeli troop withdrawal and Hezbollah disarmament.

 

He once struck a peace deal with Israel and says Lebanon’s leaders should try again now

Former Lebanese President Amin Gemayel believes the time might be right to pursue peace talks with Israel.

 

A fragile calm in Lebanon as a US-brokered truce holds and families head home

A fragile calm has settled over parts of Lebanon as a 10-day ceasefire brokered by the United States takes hold between Israel and Hezbollah.

 

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Iran reopens Strait of Hormuz, but threatens to close it again as the US maintains its blockade

Iran says it fully reopened the Strait of Hormuz to commercial vessels. But questions lingered Saturday about how much freedom ships actually had to transit the waterway as Tehran maintained its grip on who got through and threatened to close it again if the U.S. kept in place its blockade of Irania

 

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A 10-day ceasefire agreed on by Israel and Lebanon goes into effect

A 10-day ceasefire announced by U.S. President Donald Trump and agreed on by Lebanon and Israel has started.

 

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What to know about the new direct talks between Lebanon and Israel

Lebanon and Israel have started direct talks for the first time in decades, driven by the recent war involving Hezbollah.

 

Lebanon and Israel hold first direct diplomatic talks in decades in Washington

Lebanon and Israel have held direct diplomatic talks for the first time in decades. Tuesday’s more than two-hour meeting in Washington came after more than a month of conflict between Israel and the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah.

 

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Hezbollah leader urges Lebanon’s government to cancel Israel talks as battle rages in strategic town

Hezbollah’s leader has urged Lebanon to pull out of direct talks with Israel scheduled in Washington.

 

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Israeli strike kills Lebanese security forces as Israel and Hezbollah trade fire ahead of talks

Tensions have escalated between Israel and Hezbollah, with intensified attacks on Friday. At least 13 Lebanese security personnel were killed in an Israeli strike in southern Lebanon.

 

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Lebanon digs for survivors after Israeli attack kills over 300, as surprise word of talks emerges

Lebanon is reeling after the deadliest day of renewed conflict between Israel and Hezbollah. The death toll has exceeded 300 as more bodies are found.

 

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At least 182 killed as Israel strikes central Beirut after saying Iran truce doesn’t apply there

Lebanon’s health ministry says that Israeli strikes during the day killed 182 people, the highest single-day death toll in the Israel-Hezbollah war.

 

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Lebanon buries a Christian official killed in an Israeli strike as anti-Hezbollah anger surges

Hundreds have attended funeral prayers for a Lebanese Christian party official known for his anti-Hezbollah stance and his wife who were killed in an Israeli airstrike over the weekend.

 

Displaced by war, Lebanon’s Christians mark Easter far from their homes and churches

Many Lebanese Christians are marking Easter far from their homes and churches, displaced by Israel’s war with the militant Hezbollah group. The Rev.

 

Iran says its expelled ambassador won’t leave Lebanon as political tensions soar

Iran has refused Lebanon’s order to expel its ambassador, and the standoff adds to rising tension as Hezbollah and Israel fight.

 

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UN report calls on Syria to investigate abuses during deadly clashes with Druze last year

A U.N. inquiry urges the Syrian government to investigate senior security officials involved in deadly sectarian clashes in Sweida province last summer.

 

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