Lebanon

UN peacekeeping chief in Lebanon says smooth transition is critical before pull-out

UNIFIL head Major General Diodato Abagnara said UNIFIL was already working with the UN’s country team to ensure humanitarian assistance in areas where the peacekeeping force will withdraw from.

Head of Mission and Force Commander of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) Major General Diodato Abagnara of the Italian Army at the UNIFIL base, near Mansouri, Southern Lebanon, September 19, 2026.
ILLUSTRATIVE: POLICE ARREST suspect thought to have allowed illegal immigrants through border, November 30, 2025.

Arab Israeli arrested after allegedly making contact with Lebanese foreign agent

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House. Israel has a 28-month window before Trump leaves office to entrench the processes now underway in Iran, Gaza, and Lebanon, according to assessments heard at the MEAD conference in Washington.

Middle East faces critical window for change as Trump’s time in office runs down

VOTING AGAINST a UN Security Council draft resolution demanding a ceasefire in Gaza, at New York City headquarters, Sept. 2025.

Trump envoy: Lebanon wanted peace. Israel was slow to see the opening - interview


Lebanese economic recovery in 2025 will be undone by 2026 conflict, World Bank report shows

The report, titled “A Conflict-Torn Economy,” estimated that Lebanon’s real gross domestic product (GDP) expanded by 4.2% in 2025, marking its strongest growth since 2019.

Women and children gather beside tents at a displacement camp in Zaituna Bay in central Beirut, Lebanon, May 16, 2026.

Katz orders IDF to accelerate destruction of Hezbollah infrastructure in southern Lebanon

The IDF noted that the continued engineering activity in these areas also prevents Hezbollah from carrying out guerrilla operations.

IDF soldiers in the Bint Jbail stadium, southern Lebanon, July 15, 2026.

Israel strikes in Gaza's Khan Yunis, IDF kills terrorist who attempted to steal weapon in West Bank

IDF launches manhunt in pursuit of terrorist following Jericho stabbing attack • Rezaee: Iran made billions of dollars amid US blockade • Pakistan army chief to visit Tehran

Palestinians live among buildings destroyed during the recent war in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip, July 31, 2026.

Lebanon weighs extraditing former Palestinian envoy accused of corruption

Lebanese officials must decide whether the former ambassador should face trial before Palestinian courts or remain under Lebanese jurisdiction.

Palestinian Ambassador to Lebanon Ashraf Dabbour (L) stands next to U.N. Under-Secretary General and ESCWA Executive Secretary Rima Khalaf (C) while she holds a gift, an Arabic calligraphy that reads "All the world is Palestine."

The Middle East’s ‘peace architecture’ may be giving rise to an anti-Israel bloc - opinion

Instead of building peace, we are building a system in which Israel's enemies keep their weapons while Israel's friends gain the power to tell Israel when it may use its own.

World leaders gather during a charter announcement for US President Donald Trump's Board of Peace, in Davos, Switzerland, January 22, 2026

Israel must stop Erdogan’s military expansion before Turkey reaches its borders - opinion

Unless Israel draws concrete red lines in Syria and the eastern Mediterranean, the Turkish army and navy will further encroach upon Israel’s northern and maritime borders. 

Syria's Ahmed al-Sharaa and Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan arrive for a joint press conference at the Presidential Palace in Ankara, Turkey, February 4, 2025

My Word: Still bringing them home - opinion

The remains and personal effects of IDF Sgt. First Class Yehuda Katz had been located and would be buried in Israel – 44 years after he disappeared in the Battle of Sultan Yacoub.

Yehuda Katz.

Lebanese Shiite scholar says Hezbollah brought 'destruction' and 'hatred' to Lebanon

When asked on the likelihood of Hezbollah disarming, Fuani showed optimism, citing the aftermath of President Ahmed al-Sharaa's successful overthrow of Bashar al-Assad.

Supporters of Lebanon's Hezbollah wave flags while commemorating Israel’s withdrawal from southern Lebanon in 2000, in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, May 25, 2026.

Turkey ‘crossed a red line’ in Syria, Israeli ambassador to US Leiter tells ‘Post’ - interview

“We are not seeking escalation or war with either Turkey or Syria. But a redline was crossed," Israel's envoy to the US, Yechiel Leiter, told the Post. 

Israel's Ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter speaks at the State Department, June 26, 2026; illustrative.

Gaza mediators condemn Israeli strikes, Iran seeks to strengthen Iraqi ties

Katz: Erdogan dragging Turkey into 'dangerous adventures' in Syria • Experts: Israel avoided 'direct clash' with Turkey by striking Syrian airfield • Iran FM mocks Trump's 'Economic D-Day'

A military helicopter flies above a Syrian flag during the Syria Summer Family Festival in Damascus, Syria, on August 9, 2026.