Gunmen Attack U.S. Embassy in Lebanon
Gunmen stormed the US Embassy in Lebanon on Wednesday morning, according to statements from the US government and the Lebanese army. “At 8:34 a.m. local time, small arms fire was reported near the entrance to the U.S. Embassy. Thanks to the rapid response of the LAF, [Lebanon Armed Forces]I.S.F. [Israel Security Forces]”The embassy security team, […]
Report: Gunman Attacks U.S. Embassy In Lebanon, Captured After Shootout With Lebanese Army
Lebanese troops deploy near the US Embassy in Beirut on June 5, 2024, following a shooting near the embassy and the arrest of a Syrian man there. (Photo: JOSEPH EID/AFP via Getty Images) James Myers of OANWednesday, June 5, 2024 8:32 AM The Lebanese army thwarted a gunman’s attack on the US Embassy in Lebanon […]
Netanyahu Visits Border with Lebanon as Israel Prepares for War
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited troops and firefighters in the northern border town of Kiryat Shmona on Wednesday in a show of solidarity as the country prepares for war with Hezbollah in Lebanon. Hezbollah has been attacking Israel with rockets, drones and anti-tank missiles since October, after Hamas launched terror attacks in southern Israel […]
Gunman opens fire at US Embassy in Lebanon, army injures assailant in returned fire
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Near ‘Decision’ on War in Lebanon
Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Chief of Staff Helgi Halevi said on Tuesday that Israel has reached a “decision” stage on whether to go to war with the Iran-backed terrorist group Hezbollah in Lebanon. The need for a war to defend areas in northern Israel has grown even more pressing since a barrage of Hezbollah rockets […]
War Looms in Lebanon as Hezbollah Intensifies Fire at Israel
Israel and Hezbollah, an Iranian-backed terrorist group in southern Lebanon, are on the brink of war after firing dozens of rockets and projectiles into Israel over the weekend, sparking widespread fires near Israel’s northern border. Israel was retaliating against a series of earlier attacks by targeting dozens of terrorist positions in southern Lebanon. Unlike Hezbollah, […]
In Lebanon, poverty levels tripled in a decade, says World Bank
According to the World Bank, poverty in Lebanon has tripled in 10 years. The percentage of people living below the poverty line in Lebanon rose from 12% in 2012 to 44% in 2022, according to a World Bank report. In 2019, Lebanon’s currency collapsed, inflation soared and gross domestic product (GDP) plummeted, effectively erasing many […]
Lebanon foreign minister ‘feels great loss’ over death of Iran president, other officials in helicopter crash
Lebanon’s Caretaker Foreign Minister Abdallah Bouhabib expressed his condolences on Monday over the deaths of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian. Iranian state media said Raisi, Amirabdollahian and others were found dead after their helicopter crashed in a foggy mountainous area in the country’s northwest. “Since I came to this office, I […]
Israeli airstrike that killed seven health workers in Lebanon used US munition, analysis reveals | Lebanon
According to the Guardian, analysis of debris found at the scene of the attack shows that Israel used US weapons in an airstrike in March that killed seven medical workers in southern Lebanon, but Human Rights Watch claimed that the airstrike was a violation of international law. On March 27, seven volunteer paramedics aged between […]
Terry Anderson, reporter held hostage in Lebanon for 7 years, dead at 76
LOS ANGELES — Terry Anderson, the globe-trotting Associated Press correspondent who was kidnapped on the streets of war-torn Lebanon in 1985 and held for nearly seven years, making him America’s longest-serving hostage, has died at age 76. did. Mr. Anderson, whose best-selling 1993 memoir “The Lion’s Den” chronicled his abduction, torture and imprisonment by Islamic […]