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The United States has ordered non-essential diplomats and their family members at the U.S. Embassy in Beirut to leave Lebanon, the State Department said Monday, as tensions over Iran rise with the threat of a potentially imminent military strike. CBC | World News
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Israeli strikes in eastern Lebanon kill 8 Hezbollah members, 2 others: officials
Israeli airstrikes in eastern Lebanon have killed eight members of the militant Hezbollah group, including several local officials, two officials with the group said Saturday. CBC | World News
Read More »Pope Leo headed to Turkey and Lebanon for 1st trip abroad as leader of Catholic Church
Pope Leo will embark on his first trip outside Italy as the leader of the Catholic Church on Thursday, traveling to Turkey and Lebanon, where he is expected to make appeals for peace in the region and urge unity among long-divided Christian churches. CBC | World News
Read More »Israeli military carries out powerful strikes on 2 southern Lebanon villages
The Israeli military carried out powerful airstrikes in two villages in southern Lebanon on Wednesday, witnesses said, pressing a campaign of near-daily attacks in the border region where Israel says it is targeting Hezbollah. CBC | World News
Read More »Israel strikes south Lebanon despite ceasefire, says it’s targeting Hezbollah military sites
Israeli jets struck several towns in southern Lebanon on Thursday, marking an escalation in their near-daily strikes on the country. CBC | World News
Read More »Lebanon slams Israel after airstrikes in Beirut area
The Israeli military struck several sites in Beirut’s southern suburbs that it said held underground facilities used by Hezbollah for drone production Thursday, on the eve of the Eid al-Adha holiday CBC | World News
Read More »Lebanon, UN condemn latest Israeli strike on Beirut as undermining ceasefire
A huge plume of smoke billowed over the area after the strike, which hit what looked like a metal tent situated between two buildings, according to an Associated Press photographer on the ground. CBC | World News
Read More »New Disney blockbuster banned in Lebanon as star on boycott list
A New Disney blockbuster has been banned in Lebanon as its star is on the country’s boycott list. Daily Express :: Films Feed
Read More »Israel strikes Lebanon after claiming it intercepted rockets that Hezbollah denies firing
Israeli artillery and airstrikes hit south Lebanon on Saturday after Israel said it had intercepted rockets fired from across the border, endangering a shaky truce that ended a year-long war between Israel and the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah. CBC | World News
Read More »Israeli troops remain in some areas of Lebanon despite Tuesday withdrawal deadline
Israeli forces withdrew Tuesday from border villages in southern Lebanon under a deadline spelled out in a U.S.-brokered ceasefire agreement that ended the latest Israel-Hezbollah war, but stayed put in five strategic overlook locations inside Lebanon. CBC | World News
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