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Israel bombs Beirut, recaptures Crusader castle, but Trump says Israel will dial back war in Lebanon
After Israel announced it would push deeper into Lebanon to target Hezbollah, Trump intervened and says he persuaded Israel to not send troops to Beirut.
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Analysis: Prison overcrowding, amnesty disputes … a ticking time bomb for Lebanon
The amnesty draft law, repeatedly debated in parliament since its introduction in 2020, has been further delayed by fresh divisions that have continued since last April, amid renewed efforts to revive it.
Lebanon’s government has long wanted the powerful militia to give up its weapons. Before the Iran war began, there were signs of progress toward that goal.
Whatever choices Hassan Kareet had left were all bad. Israeli bombardment, not to mention the threat of an invasion, meant Kareet couldn’t stay in the village of Bazourieh, some 11 miles from Lebanon’s border with Israel. But finding a place to stay in ...
The 10-day Israel-Lebanon ceasefire was tested April 18 after an ambush in southern Lebanon killed a French soldier, highlighting Hezbollah’s alleged "human shield" tactics and drawing another nation into the conflict, a defense analyst said. An IDF ...
Lebanon said Monday Hezbollah had accepted a US proposal to stop attacking Israel in exchange for Israel halting attacks on south Beirut, after President Donald Trump reported having a "very good