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July 3, 2026 4:13 PM

Iran’s slain leader Khamenei laid in state in Tehran for week of mass funeral events

The body of Iran's slain Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was lying in state in a vast hall in Tehran on Friday as clerics, officials, foreign dignitaries and other mourners paid their respects after his 37-year rule. Iran is staging a week of mass funeral processions for Khamenei — killed in February by U.S. and Israeli airstrikes at the start of a four-month war — in a show of public devotion to the Islamic Republic's theocratic state and revolutionary fire. Khamenei's body was expe...

June 30, 2026 2:02 PM

UAE steps up humanitarian aid to Lebanon as travel restrictions ease

The UAE has announced a fresh humanitarian assistance package for people affected by the ongoing crisis in Lebanon, reaffirming its long-standing commitment to supporting the Lebanese people. The assistance is announced under the directives of President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. The aid, to be delivered through the UAE Aid Agency, includes food supplies and essential relief materials. The Agency will coordinate with Lebanon's Higher Relief Council to ensure the timely distribution of ...

June 18, 2026 1:35 PM

The Lebanese Question After the US-Iran Ceasefire: What Next for Israel, Hezbollah, and Lebanon?

The United States-Iran memorandum of understanding that ended nearly four months of direct military conflict has the potential to reshape the strategic landscape of West Asia. While initial global attention focused on the immediate implications for Washington and Tehran, one of the most consequential developments concerns Lebanon. With the MoU explicitly demanding a permanent termination of hostilities on all fronts including Lebanon ,the future of Hezbollah, Israel's security calculations, and ...

June 10, 2026 6:39 PM

UN to send investigators to Lebanon over potential law breaches, rights chief says

The UN human rights office will deploy a team of investigators to Lebanon next week to assess potential violations of international law by all parties during the current war in the country, UN human rights chief Volker Türk said on Wednesday. Lebanon was drawn into the wider Middle East conflict on March 2 when the Tehran-backed Hezbollah militia fired rockets at Israel in solidarity with Iran, which was under U.S.-Israeli attack, prompting a major Israeli air and ground ⁠campaign. "It's th...

June 10, 2026 10:19 AM

Fragile Israel-Iran pause persists as violence escalates in southern Lebanon

A fragile pause in direct hostilities between Israel and Iran appeared to hold on Tuesday, easing fears of an immediate return to large-scale cross-border exchanges that had raised concerns across West Asia. However, prospects for a broader and lasting ceasefire remained uncertain as fighting continued on other fronts, particularly in southern Lebanon. Iranian state media reported funeral ceremonies in Tehran for air defence personnel killed during the recent confrontation, while Iranian officia...

June 9, 2026 5:42 PM

Israel launches deadly strikes on Lebanon’s Tyre after warning

Israel struck the historic port city of Tyre in southern Lebanon on Tuesday killing at least eight people, the Lebanese health ministry said, after an Israeli evacuation order for the entire city was issued for the first time. The deaths followed a single strike on the city's eastern edge, the ministry and state media said, in one of the deadliest Israeli bombing raids on Tyre since the war between Israel and Lebanese armed group Hezbollah erupted on March 2. A video of the aftermath, in a loc...

June 1, 2026 1:46 PM

Netanyahu orders deeper Israeli incursion into Lebanon to hit Hezbollah

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered troops to move further into Lebanon in the battle against the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militant group, he said on Sunday, despite a ceasefire announced more than six weeks ago. The fighting in Lebanon has been the broadest spillover of the Iran war, displacing more than 1.2 million Lebanese through Israeli strikes and evacuation orders since March 2, when Hezbollah began firing rockets and drones into Israel to back its ally Iran. The incur...

May 29, 2026 4:08 PM

On average 11 children killed or injured every 24 hours in past week in Lebanon, says UN children’s agency

An average of 11 children have been killed or injured every 24 hours in Lebanon in the last week, as Israel expanded strikes across the country in spite of a ceasefire being in place. Heavy Israeli ⁠strikes hit towns and villages in southern Lebanon overnight on Wednesday and into Thursday, after Israel declared a new swathe of the area "a combat zone". On Thursday, an Israeli strike hit a building in the southern suburbs of Beirut amid a ceasefire that has failed to halt fighting between Is...

May 27, 2026 11:34 AM

Israeli Strikes Kill 31 Across Southern Lebanon

Israeli air raids across southern Lebanon killed at least 31 people and wounded 40 others, according to Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health. The strikes targeted several towns and villages on Tuesday, marking one of the deadliest days in the region in recent weeks amid escalating cross-border tensions between Israel and Hezbollah. Lebanese health authorities said the heaviest strike hit the Burj El Shemali area near the southern city of Tyre, where 14 people were killed and 16 wounded. In Kou...

May 3, 2026 12:08 PM

Israeli military urges residents of multiple towns in southern Lebanon to evacuate amid operations against Hezbollah

The Israeli military issued an urgent warning on Sunday to residents of 11 towns and villages in southern Lebanon, urging them to evacuate their homes and move at least 1,000 metres (3,300 feet) away to open areas. The military said it was conducting operations against Hezbollah following what it described as a violation of their ceasefire agreement, warning that anyone near Hezbollah fighters or facilities could be at risk. Israel has continued to carry out strikes across southern Lebanon, an...