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May 26, 2026, 03:56 PM - 3 min read
Rescue workers say that a dozen bodies were pulled out of the rubble following an intense wave of overnight strikes targeting swaths of southern and eastern Lebanon.
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May 16, 2026, 09:30 AM - 2 min read
Iran, on the other hand, has said it is ready for serious negotiations with the US, a day after President Donald Trump departed from China following his two-day official visit.
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April 19, 2026, 03:56 PM - 6 min read
Ceasefires and peace agreements are certainly not always a harbinger of peace or a neat full-stop to a war story. In reality, the messiness and complexities of war rarely hold to these manmade boundaries. This is the paradox of such agreements: they might end one phase of a conflict, but they inevitably usher in another.
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April 14, 2026, 09:10 AM - 2 min read
The only reason the peace talks in Islamabad broke down was due to Lebanon, after Iranian negotiators insisted on including Lebanon in the peace deal, while the Houthis, PMF, and Hamas were already covered.
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April 10, 2026, 04:59 PM - 7 min read
The reality is the strait was never closed. Framing the issue as “open” or “closed” misses the point. Washington has asserted that the strait is open. Tehran’s messaging has been more ambiguous, including references to requiring vessels to inform Iranian authorities before transiting.
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March 24, 2026, 05:29 PM - 6 min read
Hamas has been devastated by the Israeli onslaught that followed the October 7 terrorist attacks in southern Israel. This has left the group unable to play a part in the Iran war. Hezbollah, on the other hand, entered the conflict early on. But it finds itself damaged to the point it constitutes a far greater threat to Lebanese stability than it does to Israel. The Houthis, meanwhile, have been conspicuous by their absence.
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March 20, 2026, 09:58 AM - 2 min read
More than 2,584 people have been wounded. The United Nations has expressed grave concern over the bombardment, with the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, warning that some Israeli attacks may amount to war crimes.
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March 19, 2026, 04:03 PM - 7 min read
Attacks on health-care facilities are surging worldwide. Since early March, the WHO has verified 27 attacks on health-care facilities in Lebanon alone. In January, the MSF reported that attacks on medical facilities and personnel had reached unprecedented levels around the world. In 2025 alone, there were 1,348 attacks on health-care facilities, double the number reported in 2024.
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March 15, 2026, 03:18 PM - 2 min read
As reported by the media, the strike on Beirut marks a continued intensification of aerial activity as the regional conflict broadens its scope.
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March 8, 2026, 09:04 AM - 2 min read
Local residents reportedly joined Hezbollah fighters in repelling the assault, inflicting heavy casualties on Israeli paratroopers during the engagement.
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January 28, 2026, 01:25 PM - 8 min read
The damage to Lebanon’s environment will have long-term consequences and repairing the damage would involve a multi-year reconstruction project costing an estimated US$11 to $14 billion. This destruction indicates a grave breach of international environmental law and raises the question of whether Israel committed war crimes in Lebanon by deliberately targeting natural resources and engaging in environmental warfare.
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January 6, 2026, 04:01 PM - 3 min read
At least one person was transported by ambulance and rescue teams were searching the site for others, but there were no immediate reports of deaths
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