The father of a Lebanese sea captain kidnapped in a suspected Israeli naval operation has denied any ties for his son with Hezbollah. A Lebanese citizen was kidnapped on Friday by armed men in Batroun, about 30 kilometers north of Beirut. Lebanese authorities said that they were investigating...

More than a year into the Gaza war, the Israeli army’s reservists are exhausted and it is struggling to recruit soldiers just as it opens a new front in Lebanon. Some 300,000 reservists have been called up since October 7, 2023, according to the army, 18 percent of them men over 40 who...

Lebanese armed group Hezbollah named Naim Qassem as its new leader on Tuesday but Israel said his tenure would be “temporary,” an apparent threat after it killed his predecessor Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut over a month ago. “Temporary appointment. Not for long,” Israel’s Defense...

Hundreds of Syrians protested in The Hague against Dutch government plans to return refugees to areas in Syria deemed safe, taking to the streets of the capital last Sunday. Coalition parties want to designate so-called “safe” zones before the end of the year so they can start returning...