Traumatized by war, hundreds of Lebanon's children struggle with wounds both physical and emotional

BEIRUT (AP) — Curled up in his father’s lap, clinging to his chest, Hussein Mikdad cried his heart out. The 4-year-old kicked his doctor with his intact foot and pushed him away with the arm that was not in a cast. “Make him leave me alone!” he cried. His father reassured him...

Traumatized by war, hundreds of Lebanon's children struggle with wounds both physical and emotional

BEIRUT (AP) — Curled up in his father ’s lap, clinging to his chest, Hussein Mikdad cried his heart out. The 4-year-old kicked his doctor with his intact foot and pushed him away with the arm that was not in a cast. “My Dad! My Dad!" Hussein said. "Make him leave me alone!” With eyes...

Lebanese Health Ministry says Israeli airstrike kills 20 in the country's north

Red Cross launches international emergency appeal urging donors to provide resources for Lebanon

BEIRUT (AP) — The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies on Tuesday launched an international emergency appeal asking donors to provide resources for Lebanon during the Israel-Hezbollah war. IFRC also called on all parties to protect paramedics in the...

Middle East latest: Israel kills 52 in northeast Lebanon after a night of strikes in Beirut

Rescuers searched for survivors Friday after Israeli airstrikes killed at least 52 people and wounded 72 others across northeastern Lebanon, the country's Health Ministry reported. The wave of bombings pounded villages that had previously been spared the worst of Israel’s air campaign against the...

Death toll from Israeli strikes on villages in northeast Lebanon climbs to 45, local authorities say

As Israel strikes deeper into Lebanon, fear rises in communities where the displaced took refuge

AITO, Lebanon (AP) — Dany Alwan stood shaking as rescue workers pulled remains from piles of rubble where his brother’s building once stood. An Israeli airstrike destroyed the three-story residential building in the quiet Christian village of Aito a day before. His brother, Elie,...

In Beirut, a photographer's frozen moments slow down time and allow the contemplation of destruction

We watch video after video, consuming the world on our handheld devices in bites of two minutes, one minute, 30 seconds, 15. We turn to moving pictures — “film” — because it comes the closest to approximating the world that we see and experience. This is, after all, 2024, and video in our...

An Israeli airstrike killed journalists covering the war in Lebanon as they slept

BEIRUT (AP) — An early morning Israeli airstrike killed three journalists as they slept at a guesthouse in southeast Lebanon on Friday, one of the deadliest attacks on the media since hostilities broke out across the border a year ago. It was a rare airstrike on an area that has...

Massive displacement from Israel-Hezbollah war transforms Beirut’s famed commercial street

BEIRUT (AP) — Inside what was once one of Beirut’s oldest and best-known cinemas, dozens of Lebanese, Palestinians and Syrians displaced by the Israel-Hezbollah war spend their time following the news on their phones, cooking, chatting and walking around to pass the time. Outside...