The militant Hezbollah group fired a barrage of rockets toward Israel on Friday, and Israel hit back with artillery in a significant escalation between the two sides. It was the third day of attacks along the volatile border with Lebanon, a major Middle East flashpoint where tensions...

French President Emmanuel Macron pledged on Wednesday nearly €100 million ($118.54 million) worth of additional emergency aid for Lebanon, as well as 500,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccines for the country during a UN-backed donor conference. The US will provide nearly $100 million in additional...

Banks, businesses and government offices were shuttered Wednesday as Lebanon marks one year since the horrific explosion at the port of Beirut. The grim anniversary comes amid an unprecedented economic and financial meltdown, and a political stalemate that has kept the country without a...

A report released by Human Rights Watch on Tuesday concluded there was strong evidence to suggest some Lebanese officials knew about and tacitly accepted the lethal risks posed by ammonium nitrate stored at Beirut port before the fatal blast there on Aug. 4 last year. The explosion, caused by...