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On a mountain slope in south Lebanon, agricultural worker Assaad al-Taqi is busy picking olives, undeterred by the roar of Israeli warplanes overhead. This year, he is collecting the harvest against the backdrop of the raging Israel-Hezbollah war. He works in the village of Kfeir, just a few kilometres (miles) from where Israeli bombardment has […]
KFARAKKA, Lebanon — In normal times, you’d rarely hear of Kfarakka, a hamlet nestled in the lush green mountains of north Lebanon whose primary claim to fame is that it’s the country’s top olive oil producer. These are not normal times. Hoping for an end to the devastating war with Israel, many Lebanese have turned to […]
Donald Trump’s second term as president of the United States will be even more chaotic than the 2016-2020 version. Dr Marty Hirst has some sobering reflections on Trump’s triumph and the grim future it foreshadows. DONALD TRUMP’S SECOND TERM will be a Devil’s symphony of chaos, violence and organised hate. There will be no peace […]
Smoke rises from buildings after Israeli air strikes in southern Beirut today. (AP pic) BEIRUT: Lebanon’s state news agency today reported an Israeli raid on southern Beirut, after Israel’s army issued a fresh evacuation call. The official National News Agency said shortly after midnight that Israel had “targeted the southern suburbs of Beirut”. The Israeli […]
Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at deadly Israeli operations in Lebanon, efforts to counter terror threats in Turkey and Sri Lanka, and a G-7 loan to Ukraine using frozen Russian assets. Preventing a Protracted War An Israeli strike killed three Lebanese soldiers on Thursday while they were reportedly trying to evacuate wounded […]
US voices ‘deep concern’ after Lebanese soldiers killed in Israeli strike Hello and welcome to the Guardians continuing coverage of the crisis in the Middle East. US defence secretary Lloyd Austin told his Israeli counterpart on Wednesday that Washington had “deep concerns” about strikes against the Lebanese armed forces while urging Israel to take steps […]
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is pushing for a halt to fighting in Gaza and a diplomatic solution to conflict in Lebanon, but Israeli strikes on an historic Lebanese port city prove there is no respite yet. Huge clouds of smoke billowed above residential buildings in Tyre, a UNESCO-listed port city in south Lebanon, […]
Israel has carried out at least four air strikes on the historic Lebanese port city of Tyre, hours after expanding its evacuation orders to cover several central neighbourhoods, Lebanon’s state news agency says. Videos showed huge clouds of black smoke rising from a seafront area that is only a few hundred metres from a Unesco […]
Israel said late on Sunday it was preparing attacks on sites linked to the financial operations of Lebanon’s Hezbollah group within hours and told residents to leave those areas immediately, as it intensified assaults there and in Gaza. The warning came hours after Israel said it hit Hezbollah’s intelligence headquarters in the Lebanese capital Beirut, […]
The UN’s humanitarian office has called for an investigation into an Israeli air strike that killed 23 people in northern Lebanon on Monday. Spokesman Jeremy Laurence said the strike, on the Christian-majority village of Aitou, raised “real concerns” with respect to international humanitarian law. Laurence said that 12 women and two children were understood to […]