Hezbollah has strongly criticised the Lebanese government’s decision to instruct the army to prepare a plan to disarm the Iran-backed movement, calling it a “grave mistake” that undermines Lebanon’s sovereignty and benefits Israel. In a statement issued on Wednesday, the group said it would treat the decision as “non-existent,” warning that it weakens Lebanon and…
Lebanese armed forces were deployed to several more villages in southern Lebanon on Monday, shortly after an announcement that a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah was being extended until February 18. Lebanese forces partially re-entered the towns of Mais al Jabal and Houla, located along the southern demarcation line with neighbouring Israel. Lines of cars…
A ceasefire between Israel and the Lebanese armed group, Hezbollah, was held on Wednesday after both sides accepted an agreement brokered by the U.S. and France. Acceptance of the agreement by both sides represents a rare victory for diplomacy in the Middle East wracked by two wars for over a year. Lebanon’s army, tasked with…
The Lebanese Army on Wednesday said that it was taking the “necessary measures” to implement the ceasefire between Israel and the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militia. Lebanese military is to be stationed on the border as part of the ceasefire agreement to ensure that Hezbollah remain north of the Litani River, according to the UN Security Council…
Lebanese House Speaker Nabih Berri on Wednesday called on displaced Lebanese to return to their homes across the country, after the ceasefire between Israel and the pro-Iranian Shiite Hezbollah militia came into force. “We thank the displaced and the people who have welcomed them with compassion and solidarity,” Berri, a Hezbollah ally, said in a…
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken pushed on Wednesday for a halt to fighting between Israel and militant groups Hamas and Hezbollah. However, heavy Israeli air strikes on a large historic Lebanese port city have demonstrated that there was no respite. Huge clouds of thick smoke billowed above residential buildings in Tyre, a UNESCO-listed port…
Four soldiers from the Lebanese army have died in the conflict between the Hezbollah militia and Israel, and a further 12 Lebanese soldiers have been killed while not on duty, army sources told dpa. Two soldiers were recently killed by Israeli fire while on duty at a military post in Kafra in the south of…
