The claim has drawn significant attention amid fears that sensitive US technology could be exposed during Israel's operations across Lebanon. Lebanese officials have not publicly confirmed whether the device is in their custody or how they intend to handle the US request.

Lebanon remains locked in a vicious cycle since last year's cease-fire that never truly ended the war and facing an unrestrained Israel.

Turkey denounced the new Cyprus – Lebanon EEZ deal as unilateral, with the agreement reshaping energy dynamics in the Eastern Mediterranean.

Israel killed militant group Hezbollah's top military official in an airstrike on a southern suburb of Beirut, the Israeli military said, despite a U.S.-brokered truce a year ago.

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon and Cyprus signed a long-delayed sea border agreement on Wednesday, ending an almost 20-year impasse that had stalled some oil and gas exploration in the Mediterranean Sea, as Europe seeks alternatives to Russian fuel.

Lebanon is bracing for another destructive confrontation after the Israeli regime’s latest strike in Beirut, an escalation that shattered the uneasy calm that has persisted since last year’s ceasefire.

Social media users pondered and debated the design inspiration behind the Lebanese capital’s annual Christmas decorations

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