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Lebanon

  • Thursday, 4 July, 2024
    Israel-Hamas war
    Hizbollah fires 200 rockets at Israel to avenge killing of top commander

    Israeli military retaliates with strikes in Lebanon as tension between the two sides escalates sharply

    Smoke rises after a rocket fired from Lebanon lands close to a military base in northern Israel
  • Thursday, 27 June, 2024
    Israel’s push to create a ‘dead zone’ in Lebanon

    As Hizbollah and Israel trade cross-border fire, radar data and interviews show attacks have ravaged 5km-wide strip of land

    A man checks a destroyed building on January 8, 2024 after an Israeli air raid in the village of Kfar Kila in southern Lebanon
  • Tuesday, 25 June, 2024
    Israel-Hamas war
    US warns of Hizbollah ‘provocations’ as diplomats try to avert Israel-Lebanon war

    Officials say risk of miscalculation is high as cross-border tensions intensify

    Smoke rises following an air strike
  • Sunday, 23 June, 2024
    Israel-Hamas war
    Netanyahu says end of intense phase of Gaza war very close

    Israeli PM says new stage would offer chance to move forces north to where tensions with Hizbollah have been growing

    An Israeli tank near the Israel-Gaza border
  • Thursday, 20 June, 2024
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Israel and Hizbollah’s dangerous slide towards all-out war

    A week of belligerent rhetoric underscores the threat of escalation

    An Israeli soldier at the site of an Hizbollah anti-tank missile direct hit on a house near the Lebanon border
  • Wednesday, 19 June, 2024
    Middle East conflict
    Hizbollah warns Israel of war ‘without limits’ and threatens Cyprus

    Comments by leader of militant group come as fears grow of full-blown war across Lebanon’s southern border

    Hizbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah
  • Thursday, 2 May, 2024
    EU immigration
    EU increases financial aid to Lebanon

    Bloc set to pay €1bn to help Beirut accommodate Syrian refugees

    Lebanon’s Prime Minister Najib Mikati, centre, poses for a picture with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides
  • Monday, 22 April, 2024
    Middle East conflict
    Why Hizbollah was sidelined in Iran-Israel clashes

    Though regional hostilities recently hit their most dangerous level, militant group’s participation remained largely symbolic

    Hizbollah funeral
  • Saturday, 13 April, 2024
    Venice Biennale 2024
    Myths, history and trauma haunt Lebanon’s pavilion

    Mounira Al Solh’s presentation at the Venice Biennale is inspired by the legendary figure of Europa

    In a drawing, a naked woman lying on her back holds a wide bull-decorated vase; around her, boat, human and botanical motifs rendered in yellow, orange and blue
  • Friday, 29 March, 2024
    Middle Eastern politics & society
    Israel accused of killing dozens in Syria air strikes

    Hizbollah says its fighters among those killed in Aleppo attacks as fears grow of broader Middle East conflict

    A damaged building following an air strike in Deir Ezzor
  • Thursday, 28 March, 2024
    Israel-Hamas war
    Seventeen killed on deadliest day of Israel-Hizbollah conflict

    Cross-border fire has ramped up in recent days, fuelling concerns about a broader regional war

    People gather around the remains of a paramedic centre in Hebbariyeh, southern Lebanon, which was destroyed in an Israeli air strike on Wednesday
  • Tuesday, 12 March, 2024
    Israel-Hamas war
    Israel strikes targets deep inside Lebanon as cross-border fire escalates

    Militant group Hizbollah responds with largest rocket barrage since start of hostilities in October

    Hezbollah members carry coffins of casualties from an Israeli air raid in southern Lebanon last week amid increasing cross-border tensions
  • Monday, 26 February, 2024
    Israel-Hamas war
    Israel launches strikes on Hizbollah targets in north-east Lebanon

    Military unleashes deep incursion into neighbouring country to target Iran-backed militant group

    A Lebanese army vehicle blocks a road leading to a destroyed warehouse following Israeli air strikes on Buday, north-east Lebanon, on Monday
  • Wednesday, 17 January, 2024
    Israel-Hamas war
    US pushes for Israel-Hizbollah deal as diplomacy window narrows

    Washington’s envoy has led talks but big obstacles remain because of a lack of trust on both sides

    A missile, with a ball of flame and smoke behind it, can be seen leaving the barrel of the armoured vehicle. A soldier with ear protectors stands next to a store of missiles
  • Tuesday, 16 January, 2024
    Kim Ghattas
    Lebanon is poised precariously between peace and war

    Its fate lies in the hands of Israel, Hizbollah and other regional powers

    Someone holds a picture of Hassan Nasrallah
  • Tuesday, 9 January, 2024
    Israel-Hamas war
    US intensifies efforts to prevent Middle East conflagration

    Antony Blinken seeks to reduce tensions between Israel and Lebanese militant group Hizbollah

    US secretary of state Antony Blinken speaks in Tel Aviv, Israel
  • Tuesday, 9 January, 2024
    Israel-Hamas war
    Senior Hizbollah and Hamas figures killed as fears grow of regional war

    Israel’s foreign minister appears to confirm responsibility for deaths

    Smoke from an Israeli bombardment on  southern Lebanon amid growing cross-border tensions
  • Saturday, 6 January, 2024
    Israel-Hamas war
    Hizbollah fires rockets at Israel in ‘initial response’ to Hamas leader’s death

    Lebanese militant group said it would be at risk if it did not retaliate against assassination in Beirut

  • Wednesday, 3 January, 2024
    Hizbollah
    Hizbollah vows retaliation against Israel after killing of Hamas official

    Hassan Nasrallah, leader of the Lebanese militant group, says the ‘crime’ will not go unpunished

    A boy holds a placard with the photo of Hizbollah secretary-general Hassan Nasrallah
  • Wednesday, 3 January, 2024
    News in-depthIsrael-Hamas war
    Killing of senior Hamas leader in Beirut raises stakes in Israel war

    Suspected drone attack against Saleh al-Arouri risks escalating hostilities in three-month conflict

    Montage featuring Saleh al-Arouri in 2017 and an image of investigators standing on the damaged floor of an apartment building in Beruit that was allegedly targeted by an Israeli drone
  • Tuesday, 2 January, 2024
    Israel-Hamas war
    Senior Hamas leader killed in Beirut blast

    Palestinian militant group says military commanders also died in explosion blamed on Israel

    The site of the explosion in south Beirut in which seven people were killed
  • Thursday, 14 December, 2023
    Israel-Hamas war
    US leads push for buffer between Israel and Hizbollah

    Western diplomats exploring ways to convince Lebanese militant group to pull back from border

    Smoke billows from an Israeli army post on border with Lebanon after it was hit by a rocket
  • Wednesday, 13 December, 2023
    Behind the Money podcast22 min listen
    The ‘Ponzi scheme’ behind Lebanon’s economic collapse

    Inside the scandal plaguing the country’s former central banker, Riad Salameh

  • Thursday, 7 December, 2023
    Israel-Hamas war
    Israeli strikes on journalists in Lebanon were ‘apparently deliberate’, say rights groups

    Attacks killed Reuters journalist Issam Abdallah and wounded six others as they filmed shelling on border with Israel

    Reuters journalist Issam Abdallah in Turkey in February
  • Thursday, 30 November, 2023
    Ricardo Hausmann
    How to tackle Lebanon’s economic crisis

    The situation is dire but there is a blueprint for managing the country’s currency, banks and public debt issues

    A scooter rider passes a vandalised, shuttered Bank of Beirut bank branch in Beirut
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