Iran  said it is “fully prepared to defend its sovereignty” if its arch-foe Israel attacks, as it has threatened to do in response to a barrage of about 200 missiles. The Islamic republic launched the missiles at Israel on October 1 in retaliation for the killing of two of its...

At least two people were killed and nine others were injured in an Israeli strike that hit a central neighborhood in the Lebanese capital on Thursday evening, an area that had not been previously hit, two Lebanese security source told Reuters. The strike targeted at least one senior figure...

Lebanon’s caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati said Thursday diplomatic communications have intensified ahead of a UN Security Council session on Thursday to reach a temporary cease-fire with Israel. “There are ongoing contacts between the US and France, which called the Security Council...

An Israeli strike hit a road linking Syria and Lebanon Thursday as Israel tries  to cut off supply routes of Lebanese militant group Hezbollah,  a war monitor said. Israel has increased it strikes on Syria since it upped its air raids on what it says are targets of Hezbollah in...