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US Envoy to visit Lebanon next week with timeline for Hezbollah disarmament
U.S. envoy Thomas Barrack is currently holding consultations in New York and will visit Lebanon next week, local al-Joumhouria newspaper said Friday. According to the daily, Israel has told Barrack ...
Analysis: Lebanon wary of Israel's peace push
Despite Israel's recent military gains and a rapidly changing Middle East, Lebanon remains wary of making peace with its long ...
Syria steps back from 'open war' in face of intense Israeli strikes after sectarian violence
Israel launched rare strikes in Damascus on Wednesday in a campaign it said was aimed at defending the Druze community after ...
Israel Bombs Damascus, Warns Syria of ‘Painful Blows’ as Footage Shows Hit on Defense Ministry
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said the Damascus headquarters served as a command center for deploying regime forces to ...
Israel's stock market outperforms Middle East counterparts despite multi-front wars
Israel’s markets have been lifted by significant foreign investment and more recently by renewed investor confidence ...
Hezbollah leader refuses to disarm until Israel withdraws from southern Lebanon
Hezbollah leader Naim Kassem has reaffirmed the group’s refusal to disarm while Israel continues its airstrikes and occupies ...
Israel to raise defence spending to meet security challenges
Israel will raise defence spending by 42 billion shekels ($12.5 billion) in 2025 and 2026, the finance and defence ministries ...
French court backs release of Lebanese militant jailed for US, Israeli diplomat murders
A French court ruled in favor of releasing Georges Ibrahim Abdallah, after he served almost 40 years for attacks on U.S. and ...