Pope Leo XIV has picked war-torn Lebanon as part of his first official trip abroad, aiming to call for unity and help ...

Vatican City — Pope Leo XIV is embarking on his first foreign trip, a pilgrimage to Turkey and Lebanon that would be delicate ...

Haytham Ali Tabatabai helped replenish forces from 2024 losses, ensure commanders had replacements, WSJ says; Hamas, ...

BEIRUT -- Lebanon and Cyprus signed a long-delayed sea border agreement on Wednesday, ending an almost 20-year impasse that ...

"This first international trip will be a very public test of Leo's papacy," writes Fr. Thomas Reese. "I don't expect a home run on his first time at bat, but neither will he strike out. A base hit ...

Assassination of top commander in Beirut marks Israel’s most severe blow in a year, but Hezbollah has few real options to ...

An adviser to Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Wednesday that “Hezbollah’s presence has become more necessary to Lebanon than water and bread.”“Hezbollah has been a rescuer of the ...

Security Council officials will then travel to Beirut on December 5, heading south the next day to meet peacekeepers with the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), which is set to leave the country by ...

Israel continued military operations in Lebanon between November 17 and November 23, 2025. These activities involved targeted ...

The Israeli military said Tuesday a top Hezbollah official who had been widely expected to be the group's next leader was killed in an Israeli airstrike in southern Beirut in early October.