By Maya Gebeily and Emilie Madi RMEISH, Lebanon (Reuters) -After decades of conflict, residents of the Christian town of Rmeich in Lebanon's war-battered south hope Pope Leo's upcoming trip to their country will bring peace - and the strength to stay as the region's Christian communities dwindle.

Lebanon is ready to negotiate an end to Israeli strikes and seek Israeli withdrawal from five border points occupied since last year, President Joseph Aoun said Friday.

Hezbollah and Hamas have substantially boosted their military cooperation in Lebanon in recent months, according to an unsourced, unconfirmed report on the Kan public broadcaster.

Lebanon is a country where crosses rise from mountaintops, rooftops and street corners, and Christian symbols are woven into everyday life. The upcoming visit of Pope Leo XIV highlights the depth of Christianity’s roots in this small Mediterranean nation,

A Lebanon County man is being charged with animal cruelty after shooting a cat with a BB gun, resulting in its death.

The Lebanese Army has arrested Noah Zaaiter, the country's most notorious drug lord, for operating a multibillion dollar cross-border drug industry .

An Israeli strike on a Palestinian refugee camp in southern Lebanon killed 13 people on Tuesday, according to the Lebanese health ministry.

An airstrike Tuesday night killed 13 people in the Palestinian refugee camp of Ein el-Hilweh, the deadliest of Israeli attacks since a ceasefire in the Israel-Hezbollah war a year ago.

Firefighters quickly responded on Saturday to a fire that broke out in an RV on Fairview Road in Lebanon, according to the Lebanon Fire District.