The foreign ministers of Egypt, Iraq and Jordan condemned Israel’s “aggression” against Lebanon Wednesday, warning that it is “pushing the region toward all-out war.” The ministers said that stopping the “dangerous escalation under way in the region... begins by halting Israel’s...

Hezbollah has announced the death of Ibrahim Qubaisi, a key figure in the Lebanon-based resistance group that the Israeli army earlier said to have targeted in an airstrike on Beirut's Dahiyeh district. Hezbollah confirmed late Tuesday in a statement on Telegram that Qubaisi, born in 1962 in...

The UN Security Council (UNSC) will convene in an emergency session Wednesday to discuss escalating tensions in Lebanon for the second time in a week. The Permanent Mission of Slovenia said the session will take place at 6 p.m. Eastern time (2200GMT). UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres...

An Israeli strike hit the Lebanese seaside town of Jiyyeh for the first time early on Wednesday, 75 kilometers north of the border with Israel, two security sources said. A Lebanese security source said an Israeli strike hit the Saadiyat area near Beirut, just hours after a deadly raid on...