Israel raised the stakes in its regional rivalry with Iran over the weekend by carrying out a flurry of attacks against its forces and their proxies in three different countries. Israeli drones and aircraft struck a number of Iran-allied militia groups in Iraq, Syria and Lebanon over the...

Lebanon’s Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri said on Monday his government wants to avoid an escalation with Israel but the international community must reject Israel’s “blatant violation” of Lebanese sovereignty. Two drones crashed on Sunday in Beirut suburbs prompting the Iran-backed...

Lebanon's president on Monday said an Israeli drone attack on Beirut at the weekend was a "declaration of war" that justified a military response. "What happened is a declaration of war," Michel Aoun told Jan Kubis, the UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon, in a meeting. "This allows us...

U.S. President Donald Trump appeared to leave a window open for diplomacy with Iran Monday after French President Emmanuel Macron flew in Iran's foreign minister to a G7 summit in an effort to reduce U.S.-Iranian tensions. European leaders have struggled to calm the deepening confrontation...