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Beirut's southern suburbs a place of pitch darkness, piles of rubble
Following almost one week of no airstrikes on Beirut's southern suburbs, a hotbed of the Shiite Hezbollah militia, Israel resumed its…
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Renewed Israeli airstrikes on southern suburbs of Beirut
Israeli forces carried out at least two airstrikes on the southern Beirut suburb of Haret Hreik on Saturday, according to the Lebanese…
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Israel to hit Hezbollah 'without mercy,' including in Beirut, PM says
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that Israel will continue strikes on Hezbollah in Lebanon "without mercy," a day after the…
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Lebanon: 60 killed, 168 injured in Israeli attacks in past 24 hours
Sixty people have been killed and 168 others injured in Israeli attacks in Lebanon over the past 24 hours, the Lebanese Ministry of Health…
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Netanyahu warns Lebanon of 'destruction like Gaza'
Israel's prime minister has urged the Lebanese people to throw out Hezbollah and avoid "destruction and suffering like we see in Gaza".…
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UN: More than half a million people displaced in Lebanon
More than half a million people are now displaced in Lebanon, with 285,000 having left the country, the United Nations Office for the…
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Massive blasts in Beirut after renewed Israeli air strikes
Apparent Israeli bombing has caused large explosions just outside Beirut's international airport during a further night of air strikes…
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Israel strikes central Beirut, orders evacuations in southern Lebanon
Israel continued to pound Lebanon on Thursday, as it launched further attacks on the Iran-backed Hezbollah militia, including in central…
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Israel has attacked Hezbollah press office, group says
The Israeli army has struck the media office of Lebanese militia Hezbollah south of Beirut, the Iran-backed militia says. Videos…
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Lufthansa Group extends flight stop to Tel Aviv, Beirut and Tehran
Europe's Lufthansa Group airlines will not resume flights to Israel, Lebanon or Iran in the near future and have cancelled additional…
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Africans in Lebanon: ‘Everyone is nervous on campus’
Farai Makamba, a 27-year-old student from Zimbabwe, used to keep his university books on his desk at home in Beirut. Now they’ve been…
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UK charters flight for British nationals to leave Lebanon
The UK government has chartered a commercial flight out of Lebanon to assist British nationals trying to flee the fighting, the foreign…
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Lebanon: 53 killed and dozens injured in latest Israeli attacks
At least 53 people have been killed and 100 others injured in fresh Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon, the Lebanese Health Ministry reported…
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'It's the worst moment the country has passed through'
Lebanon is a country that knows war all too well. And it is not eager for more. It still bears the scars of 15 years of civil war between…
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German government lifts crisis level for foreign missions
The German government's crisis team has decided to further raise the crisis level for foreign representations in Beirut, Ramallah and Tel…
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Hezbollah chief Nasrallah confirmed dead in Israeli strike on Beirut
The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah confirmed on Saturday that its long-time leader, Hassan Nasrallah, was killed in an Israeli strike…
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Hezbollah confirms leader Hassan Nasrallah killed in Israeli airstrike
Lebanon’s Hezbollah group confirmed on Saturday that its leader and one of its founders, Hassan Nasrallah, was killed in an Israeli…
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Israeli commander warns other enemies of Israel
Israel's military chief issued a threat to other enemies of the country, shortly after Israel claimed that the leader of the Lebanese…
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Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah killed in Beirut strike, Israel says
Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of the Lebanese Hezbollah militia, was killed in an Israeli strike on a Beirut suburb on Friday, the Israeli…
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Israel launches new strikes on Hezbollah targets in eastern Lebanon
The Israeli army has launched a new series of strikes on "terror targets" belonging to the Shiite Hezbollah militia in the Beqaa area in…
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Israel launches series of overnight airstrikes on southern Beirut
Israel launched a series of airstrikes on Beirut's southern suburbs in the early hours of Saturday. The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) called…
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Israel went after Hezbollah's leader in a powerful strike on its headquarters. His fate is still unknown.
Israel said Friday that it carried out a strike against Hezbollah's headquarters in Beirut. The strike reportedly targeted the military…
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Israel: Strike near Beirut kills Hezbollah rocket chief
The Israeli military said on Tuesday it killed Hezbollah's rocket chief in a "targeted" strike on a Beirut suburb. The military said…
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German government warns against Middle East conflict spreading
The German government is concerned that if the conflict between Israel and the Iran-backed Lebanese militia Hezbollah spreads over the…