US forces struck two Iranian launchers on Larak Island on Sunday after Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) forces were observed preparing to launch rockets carrying sea mines into the Strait of Hormuz, a US official told Al Arabiya English. The official said US Central Command...

Lebanon’s president on Monday called for direct negotiations with Israel under international auspices as part of an initiative based on establishing a full truce that would halt all Israeli attacks on Lebanon. Joseph Aoun also accused “an armed group outside the state” of causing the...

Israeli warplanes launched five new airstrikes on Beirut's southern suburbs on Monday. This coincided with Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam's announcement of a ban on Hezbollah's security and military activities, confining its role to the political sphere. He also instructed the army to...

Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said Monday his government has banned Hezbollah’s military and security activities and limited the group’s role to political work, ordering the army to enforce a plan to restrict weapons to state control north of the Litani River. “The state rejects...