Latest Lebanon News

Israelis evacuated from the Lebanese border wonder if they'll ever return

Mar. 19, 2024 00:07 AM EDT

KIRYAT SHMONA, Israel (AP) — For four years, Sivan Shoshani Partush recruited families for Kibbutz Malkiya, a community of around 400 that she calls her “little slice of heaven.” It wasn’t a hard sell: spacious homes, beautiful nature, paths winding through manicured lawns, and a slower...

Israel strikes several sites in Syria, wounding a soldier, Syrian military says

Mar. 16, 2024 20:15 PM EDT

BEIRUT (AP) — Israeli airstrikes hit several sites in southern Syria early Sunday wounding a soldier, Syrian state media reported. State news agency SANA, citing an unnamed military official, said air defenses shot down some of the missiles, which came from the direction of the...

An Israeli drone strikes a car in southern Lebanon and kills a member of Hamas' military wing

Mar. 13, 2024 09:51 AM EDT

BEIRUT (AP) — An Israeli drone strike targeted a car in southern Lebanon near the coastal city of Tyre, killing a member of the Palestinian militant Hamas group and a civilian. Since the Israel-Hamas war erupted in Gaza on Oct. 7, Israeli strikes have killed or wounded several...

Lebanese, French officials float a plan to rebuild Beirut port nearly 4 years after huge explosion

Mar. 13, 2024 08:24 AM EDT

BEIRUT (AP) — Three and a half years after hundreds of tons of improperly stored ammonium nitrate ignited at the Beirut port, setting off one of the world’s biggest non-nuclear explosions, Lebanese and French officials put forward a plan for reconstruction and reorganization of the port...

A pair of Israeli airstrikes deep into northeastern Lebanon kills at least two people, officials say

Mar. 12, 2024 12:45 PM EDT

SAFRI, Lebanon (AP) — A pair of Israeli airstrikes on Tuesday in northeastern Lebanon killed at least two people and wounded 20, marking a continued escalation between Israel and Hezbollah over the war Israel is waging against Hamas militants in Gaza. One of the airstrikes...

Another top donor says it will resume funding the UN agency for Palestinians as Gaza hunger grows

Mar. 09, 2024 18:30 PM EST

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Another top donor to the U.N. agency aiding Palestinians said Saturday that it would resume funding, weeks after more than a dozen countries halted hundreds of millions of dollars of support in response to Israeli allegations against the organization. ...

US Treasury official pushes Lebanon to halt the flow of funding to Hamas

Mar. 09, 2024 09:33 AM EST

BEIRUT (AP) — A top U.S. Treasury official visiting Beirut this week pressed Lebanese authorities to prevent funds from being funneled to Hamas by way of Lebanon, officials said. Jesse Baker, deputy assistant secretary of the Treasury for Asia and the Middle East in the Office of...

Why are clocks set forward in the spring? Thank wars, confusion and a hunger for sunlight

Mar. 07, 2024 17:27 PM EST

DALLAS (AP) — Once again, most Americans will set their clocks forward by one hour this weekend, losing perhaps a bit of sleep but gaining more glorious sunlight in the evenings as the days warm into summer. Where did this all come from, though? How we came to move...

The Latest | UN report says there's credible evidence of sexual violence during Oct. 7 Hamas attack

Mar. 04, 2024 20:59 PM EST

A United Nations report has found credible allegations that sexual assaults took place during the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on southern Israel. A team led by the U.N. special envoy for sexual violence in conflict, Pramila Patten, found “reasonable grounds” to believe Hamas committed...

Strikes along Israel-Lebanon border kill 4 people as US envoy visits Beirut to press a cease-fire

Mar. 04, 2024 13:30 PM EST

BEIRUT (AP) — An Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon killed three paramedics from the militant group Hezbollah on Monday, state media said, hours after a missile strike blamed on the militants killed at least one foreign worker in northern Israel. The deadly violence Monday came...