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The Latest | Israel launches strikes in Rafah, hours after Hamas agrees to a Gaza cease-fire
Israel's military says it is launching “targeted strikes” against Hamas in the southern Gaza city of Rafah after the country's War Cabinet approved a military operation there, officials said late Monday. Hours earlier, the Hamas militant group announced it had accepted a...
Israeli strike kills 4 civilians in southern Lebanon, state media says
BEIRUT (AP) — An Israeli airstrike Sunday in the town of Mays al Jabal in south Lebanon killed four civilians and wounded several others, Lebanese state media and the town's municipality reported. Lebanon's state-run National News Agency reported that the strike took place “while...
EU announces 1 billion euros in aid for Lebanon amid a surge in irregular migration
BEIRUT (AP) — The European Union announced Thursday an aid package for Lebanon of 1 billion euros — about $1.06 billion — much of which will go to boost border control to halt the flow of asylum seekers and migrants from the small, crisis-wracked country across the Mediterranean Sea to Cyprus...
Lebanese Christian leader says Hezbollah's fighting with Israel has harmed Lebanon
MAARAB, Lebanon (AP) — The leader of a main Christian political party in Lebanon blasted the Shiite militant group Hezbollah for opening a front with Israel to back up its ally Hamas, saying it has harmed Lebanon without making a dent in Israel’s crushing offensive in the Gaza Strip. ...
Migration agency chief warns that even more Syrians will leave Lebanon as donors cut back on aid
BRUSSELS (AP) — The number of Syrian refugees leaving Lebanon is likely to keep rising as donors cut back on aid, the head of the U.N.'s migration agency warned Tuesday, as pressure builds over their arrival on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus. Amy Pope, director general of the...
Libya demands improvements after leaked photos show tiny cell of Moammar Gadhafi's son in Beirut
BEIRUT (AP) — Leaked photographs of the son of Libya’s late dictator Moammar Gadhafi and the tiny underground cell where he has been held for years in Lebanon have raised concerns in the north African nation as Libyan authorities demand improvements. The photos showed a room...
Top French diplomat arrives in Lebanon in attempt to broker a halt to Hezbollah-Israel clashes
BEIRUT (AP) — French Foreign Minister Stéphane Séjourné arrived in Lebanon on Sunday as part of diplomatic attempts to broker a de-escalation in the conflict on the Lebanon-Israel border. Séjourné met with United Nations peacekeeping forces in south Lebanon and with Lebanon's...
The Latest | Israeli drone strike kills 2 in Lebanon after Hezbollah fires at an Israeli convoy
An Israeli drone strike on a car in eastern Lebanon killed two people Friday, Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency says. The strike came after Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group carried out an attack along the border that killed an Israeli civilian. Hezbollah and Israel have...
Terry Anderson, AP reporter abducted in Lebanon and held captive for years, has died at 76
NEW YORK (AP) — Terry Anderson, the globe-trotting Associated Press correspondent who became one of America’s longest-held hostages after he was snatched from a street in war-torn Lebanon in 1985 and held for nearly seven years, has died at 76. Anderson, who chronicled his...
'Great bravery and resolve.' Reaction to the death of Terry Anderson, AP reporter held hostage
A courageous correspondent who reported from the world's trouble spots. A supporter of humanitarian causes. A good friend. Those were among the reactions to the death of Terry Anderson, the former chief Middle East correspondent for The Associated Press. Anderson was one of...
