Iran has reimposed restrictions on the Strait of Hormuz after the U.S. said reopening it wouldn't end its blockade.
A fragile calm has settled over parts of Lebanon as a 10-day ceasefire brokered by the United States takes hold between Israel and Hezbollah.
Iran says it fully reopened the Strait of Hormuz to commercial vessels, but questions linger about how much freedom ships actually have to transit the waterway as Tehran maintains its grip on the who gets through and threatens to close it again if the U.S. keeps in place its blockade of Iranian ships and ports.
A 10-day ceasefire announced by U.S. President Donald Trump and agreed on by Lebanon and Israel has started.
Paramedic groups say the Israeli military has killed four Lebanese rescue workers and wounded six others in three consecutive, targeted strikes.
Dearborn, Michigan, home to the nation's largest Arab American community, is grappling with ongoing crises.
The leader of Iran’s joint military command has threatened to halt trade in the Gulf region if the U.S. does not lift its blockade of Iranian ports, while U.S. Central Command says no vessels have made it past U.S. naval forces during the first 48 hours of the blockade.
A senior Hezbollah official says the Lebanese militant group will not abide by any agreements made in upcoming direct talks between Israel and Lebanon in the United States.
Hezbollah's leader has urged Lebanon to pull out of direct talks with Israel scheduled in Washington.
U.S. Vice President JD Vance says negotiations between the United States and Iran ended without a peace deal after the Iranians refused to accept American terms to not develop a nuclear weapon.
With the ceasefire in Iran still shaky, U.S. and Iranian negotiators are heading to Pakistan for high-level talks with Iranian officials.
Lebanon is reeling after the deadliest day of renewed conflict between Israel and Hezbollah.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he has authorized direct negotiations with Lebanon aimed at disarming Iranian-backed Hezbollah militants and establishing relations between the neighbors.
Lebanon’s health ministry says that Israeli strikes during the day killed 182 people, the highest single-day death toll in the Israel-Hezbollah war.
Iran, the United States and Israel have agreed to a two-week ceasefire, an 11th-hour deal that headed off U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to unleash a bombing campaign that would destroy Iranian civilization.
U_S_ President Donald Trump says the responsibility for keeping the Strait of Hormuz open should belong with countries that rely on it, rather than the U_S_ Trump expressed frustration earlier Tuesday with allies who have been unwilling to do more to support the U_S_ war effort, telling them to “go get your own oil.”.
Iran has refused Lebanon’s order to expel its ambassador, and the standoff adds to rising tension as Hezbollah and Israel fight.
President Donald Trump says Iran faces massive damage to its energy system unless it quickly agrees to end the war.
An Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon has killed three journalists who cover the Israel-Hezbollah war, according to their TV stations.
The Associated Press is now calling Israel’s military actions in southern Lebanon an invasion.
Lebanon’s Foreign Ministry has declared Iran’s ambassador to Beirut persona non grata, ordering him to leave the country by the end of the week.
The United States and Iran are threatening to target critical infrastructure as the war in the Middle East puts lives and livelihoods at risk.
An Israeli strike has hit a Hezbollah-run health center in southern Lebanon and killed 12 medical workers, as Israel widens its campaign beyond fighters.
The renewed war between Israel and the Lebanese militant Hezbollah group and the mass displacement because of the conflict are draining the joy from Ramadan and the run-up to the Islamic holiday of Eid al-Fitr for many in Lebanon.
Northern Israel's largest city, Kiryat Shmona, on the border with Lebanon, is under fire from both Hezbollah and Iran.
The widening U.S.-Israeli war with Iran is choking the Strait of Hormuz and sending energy and security shocks around the world.
Iran has threatened for the first time to attack civilian infrastructure in a neighboring country, urging people to evacuate three major ports in the United Arab Emirates it claimed the U.S. military was using to launch strikes on Iran.
Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon are driving thousands of families to flee again, and some longtime Hezbollah supporters are now openly blaming the group.
The Lebanese parliament has extended its term by two years due to the U.S.-Israel war with Iran, which has pushed the region into an escalating conflict, and Israel stepped up its attacks on Lebanon.
A retired Lebanese security officer has gone missing and his family says Israeli operatives kidnapped him to get information about a long-missing Israeli airman.
Israel carried out a commando raid in eastern Lebanon to search for clues about a navigator who went missing 40 years ago.
Israel launches strikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs after ordering residents to evacuate, as fighting with Hezbollah intensifies.
A widening U.S.-Israeli war with Iran has seen major strikes, missile fire across the region, and fresh fears for global energy and markets.
Israel has sent troops into southern Lebanon and told residents of more than 80 villages to evacuate as the Iran-backed militant Hezbollah group said it was ready for an “open war” with Israel in the wake of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran.
U.S. President Donald Trump says “someone from within” Iran’s government might be best suited to take power once the U.S.-Israeli war on the country ends.
Israeli strike hits Hezbollah-aligned media building in Beirut’s southern suburbs following an evacuation warning.
As Israel unleashed a sweeping military response to the brutal assault by Hamas on October 7, 2023, it aimed punch after punch at Iran, the militant group’s longtime sponsor, and its proxies.
Israelis forces have seized a local Sunni Islamist politician and an ally of the Palestinian militant Hamas group and took him to Israel for questioning.
The Dubai-based Al Habtoor Group plans to take legal action against Lebanese authorities over investment losses of $1.7 billion.
President Donald Trump's administration has made good on its pledge to label three Middle Eastern branches of the Muslim Brotherhood as terrorist organizations, imposing sanctions on them.
Judicial officials in Lebanon says that the corruption case of former central bank governor Riad Salameh is being transferred to the country’s highest criminal court.
Lebanon's military says it has ended the first phase of its plan to deploy across southern Lebanon and disarm non-state groups, including Hezbollah.
Western and Arab diplomats have toured Lebanon's border with Israel, where Lebanese troops and U.N. peacekeepers are working to end Hezbollah's armed presence.
Lebanon’s prime minister says his country is “far from” diplomatic normalization or economic relations with Israel.
Pope Leo XIV has offered a silent prayer at the site of the 2020 Beirut port explosion as he wrapped up his first foreign trip to Turkey and Lebanon.
Pope Leo XIV has celebrated Lebanon's tradition of interfaith coexistence as a beacon of hope for a conflict-torn region.
Pope Leo XIV has challenged Lebanon’s political leaders to be true peacemakers and put their differences aside.
The Lebanese army has intensified efforts along the border with Israel, focusing on areas that were once Hezbollah strongholds.
Israel has struck Lebanon’s capital for the first time since June, saying it killed Hezbollah’s chief of staff and warning the Iran-backed militant group not to rearm and rebuild.
The Israeli military has carried out airstrikes in southern Lebanon, targeting what it claims are Hezbollah weapons storage facilities.
The U_S_'s special envoy for Syria has called Lebanon “a failed state,” highlighting frustration with Beirut’s “paralyzed government.”.
A Lebanese judge has ordered the release of he son of Libya’s late leader Moammar Gadhafi on condition he pay $11 million bail.
Lebanon’s president says his country and Israel should negotiate to solve pending problems between them since war didn't lead to any positive results.
Syria’s foreign minister has arrived in Lebanon’s capital in what observers say could mark a breakthrough in relations between the two neighbors.
Pope Leo XIV will visit Turkey and Lebanon next month on his first foreign trip as pope.
The U.N. peacekeeping force in south Lebanon says an Israeli drone has crashed into their headquarters near Israel's border, but didn't cause any casualties.
The eastern Mediterranean and Middle East are in the grips of one of their worst droughts in decades, which is drying rivers and lakes, shriveling crops and even leading to water cutoffs in major cities.
Lebanon’s parliament speaker has criticized Washington’s push to quickly to disarm the Hezbollah militant group, and called instead for a calm national dialogue to determine “the fate of those weapons.”.
Lebanon’s army chief says the military will soon carry out “sensitive missions,” in an apparent reference to the Lebanese government’s U.S.-backed plan to disarm the Hezbollah militant group by the end of the year.
A U.S. diplomat has apologized for using the word "animalistic" during a press conference in Lebanon.
The U.N. Security Council has voted unanimously to terminate the U.N. peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon at the end of next year after nearly five decades.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he welcomes the Lebanese cabinet’s “momentous decision” earlier this month to work towards the disarmament of Hezbollah by the end of 2025.
The future of the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Lebanon has split the United States and its European allies with implications for security in the Middle East.
Hezbollah's leader has vowed not to disarm, saying the Lebanese government's decision to remove its weapons by the end of the year serves Israel's interests.
A Lebanese pro-Palestinian communist militant has arrived in Lebanon following his release after more than 40 years in prison in France.
A U.S. envoy is reaffirming Washington's support for Syria's new government and telling The Associated Press in an exclusive interview that there is "no Plan B" for uniting the country.
The Lebanese army has condemned Israel’s airstrikes on suburbs of Beirut, warning that such attacks are weakening the role of Lebanon’s armed forces that might eventually suspend cooperation with the committee monitoring the truce that ended the Israel-Hezbollah war.
The Israeli military has struck several sites in Beirut’s southern suburbs that it said held underground facilities used by Hezbollah for drone production.
Roanoke continues to be the epicenter of cultural infusion with the return of the 24th annual Lebanese Festival at St. Elias Maronite Catholic Church. The celebration kicked off—rain or shine—with food, music, and culture filling the air.
The Lebanese and Palestinian presidents have agreed that Palestinian factions won't use Lebanon as a launchpad for any attacks against Israel.
The leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah group is calling on the government to work harder on ending Israel’s attacks in the country a day after an Israeli airstrike hit a suburb of Beirut.
