With Israel poised to attack Iran, having already blindsided friends and foes alike with its blitz against Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement, all the talk is of an inexorable slide towards a new, pan-Middle Eastern war. Yet brakes remain to halt a regional fall into a wider conflagration...

At least one Israeli strike early on Friday hit outside the perimeter of Beirut’s international airport, according to a source in Lebanon’s ministry of transport and public works. The Israeli strike on Beirut targeted  senior Hezbollah official Hashem Safieddine , Axios reporter Barak...

The Israeli army on Thursday said its death toll from fighting in southern Lebanon rose to nine, as the military continued to target Hezbollah positions across the border. “Captain Ben Zion Falach, aged 21… fell yesterday (Wednesday), during combat in southern Lebanon,” the army said...

Qatar’s emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, expressed his “full support” for Lebanon Thursday and said he ordered that emergency aid be provided in the face of Israel’s offensive against Hezbollah. “I affirm the State of Qatar’s full support for Lebanon and its brotherly...