Leo had been expected for months to travel to Turkey for his first trip abroad, but the additional visit to Lebanon only emerged in discussions in recent weeks.
Decades of profligate spending by the country's ruling elite sent the economy into a tailspin in late 2019, with depositors locked out of their accounts as debt-laden banks shut down.
Decades of profligate spending by the country's ruling elite sent the economy into a tailspin in late 2019, with depositors locked out of their accounts as debt-laden banks shut down.
UNIFIL was created to oversee the withdrawal of Israeli troops from southern Lebanon after Israel's 1978 invasion. Trump administration political appointees came into office wanting to shut the force down as soon as possible, and have secured major cuts in U.S. funding for the force
U.S. Envoy Tom Barrack said Lebanon and its military are 'not talking about going to war,' but looking to 'convince' Hezbollah to disarm. Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem said the group would not discuss a national defense strategy until Israeli forces withdraw
Salah Abu-Hussein's family searched for him for a year before learning he had been imprisoned in Lebanon. Neighbors say he has mental health issues, and Israeli security is investigating how and why he was detained
The IDF's presence in Lebanon has become a bargaining chip for Hezbollah in talks on disarming it, while Israel's seizure of land in the Golan and beyond has enmeshed it in Syrian politics. All this is endangering Trump's plans
The U.S. president is much more interested in Syria, which has the support of Arab countries with strong ties to Trump's business interests. He wants Syria and Lebanon strong enough to let Washington focus elsewhere
The military said it targeted Hezbollah compounds and underground arms depots. Earlier this week, Lebanon gave its response to a U.S. position paper discussing the disarmament of all non-state factions. Failure to implement the plan would allow Israel to carry out military operations
While an arrangement that may neutralize the threat that Hezbollah poses is shaping up in Lebanon, a similar model is far from being implemented in the Gaza Strip
In an attempt to free the U.S. from costly Mideast entanglements, Trump is leveraging regional partners to impose and back the peace in Syria, while Lebanon struggles to find foreign guarantors as both face uncertainty in their post-war rebuilding
Feldman's body was found in Syria 43 years after he fell in the first Lebanon war. The families of hostages currently being held in Gaza said that 'We cannot allow ourselves as a society to accept a reality where families wait more than 40 years to be reunited with their loved ones'
Beirut's decision to confiscate weapons from all of the Palestinian organizations in Lebanon – a move which has the backing of Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas – underscores Hezbollah's weakened position
The senior Hezbollah official said the group was ready to discuss its arms in the context of a national defense strategy, but this hinged on Israel pulling out its troops from five posts in south Lebanon
The change in leadership in Lebanon is opening a pathway to Hezbollah disarmament – as long as the country can prove it can defend its own sovereignty from the Israeli army
For the first time since the war with Lebanon began, the IDF allowed hundreds of Hasidim to cross the border with Lebanon to pray at the putative grave of a renowned Talmudic figure
In accordance with the ceasefire agreement and the extension granted to Israel, the IDF is expected to withdraw from villages in southern Lebanon by Tuesday while remaining at five key positions deemed essential for the defense of northern Israeli communities. The IDF is preparing for a prolonged stay at these positions, with the intention of […]