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2 killed in southern Lebanon as protests against Israeli presence erupt for a second day
BEIRUT (AP) — Firing by Israeli troops killed two people and wounded 17 on Monday in the second day of deadly protests in southern Lebanon, health officials said, as residents displaced by the 14-month war between Israel and Hezbollah attempted to return to villages where Israeli troops remain. ...

A destroyed Israeli kibbutz on the Lebanese border starts to pick up the pieces. Who will return?
KIBBUTZ MANARA, Israel (AP) — Kibbutz Manara in northern Israel is so close to the Lebanese border that patrons of a local pub joke, with gallows humor, that the militant group Hezbollah could see if they were eating sunflower seeds or potato chips with their beers. The proximity...

22 reported killed in Lebanon before agreement to extend deadline for Israeli forces to withdraw
MAYS AL-JABAL, Lebanon (AP) — Israeli forces in southern Lebanon on Sunday opened fire on protesters demanding their withdrawal in line with a ceasefire agreement, killing at least 22 and injuring 124, Lebanese health officials reported. Hours later, the White House said Sunday...

UN refugee chief calls for more help for Syria as refugees begin to return en masse
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — The United Nations refugee chief said Saturday that some 200,000 refugees have returned to Syria from neighboring countries since the government of Bashar Assad was overthrown last month. The influx comes after an estimated 300,000 refugees returned from...

Israeli military sets up roadblocks in southern Lebanon and announces it won’t withdraw by deadline
MAYS AL-JABAL, Lebanon (AP) — Israel's military Saturday set up roadblocks across border towns and roads in a strategic valley in southern Lebanon, a day before the deadline for it to withdraw from the area under an agreement that halted its war with the Hezbollah militant group. ...

Netanyahu suggests Israel might not complete its withdrawal from Lebanon by a ceasefire deadline
JERUSALEM (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suggested Friday that Israel might not withdraw all of its forces from Lebanon by a deadline set in its ceasefire with Hezbollah, and Washington appears prepared to push for an extension. Under the deal reached in November, Israel...

Why Netanyahu's political future is as fragile as the ceasefire
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should be flying high. Israel’s enemies across the region have been badly weakened during 15 months of war. Israeli hostages have begun to come home from captivity in Gaza, and Netanyahu’s good friend, Donald Trump, is...

Saudi foreign minister makes first official trip to Lebanon in a decade after years of strained ties
BEIRUT (AP) — Saudi Arabia's top diplomat visited Lebanon on Thursday for the first time in a decade following years of strained relations between the oil-rich kingdom and the small Mediterranean country. Prince Faisal bin Farhan's visit comes almost two months after a ceasefire...

France's Macron expresses support for new leadership in Lebanon as it recovers from crisis
BEIRUT (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron met Friday with Lebanon’s newly elected President Joseph Aoun and vowed to support the small nation as it tries to recover from a historic economic crisis and the 14-month Israel-Hezbollah war. Macron’s trip to Lebanon, his first...

After economic meltdown and war with Israel, Lebanon's new prime minister vows to rebuild
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s prime minister-designate vowed Tuesday to work on building a modern state in the crisis-hit country, saying his priorities will be to rebuild the destruction caused by a yearlong war with Israel and work on pulling the small nation out of its historic economic meltdown....
