Lebanese return to ‘unliveable’ areas as ceasefire with Israel mostly holds
- 17-Apr-2026
People uprooted by the war in Lebanon began returning to devastated towns and neighbourhoods on Friday, with many finding their homes destroyed or uninhabitable and hesitant to stay for fear a ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel could unravel. U.S. President Donald Trump announced the 10-day ceasefire agreement between the governments of Lebanon and Israel on […]
Lebanon army reports Israeli ‘acts of aggression’ in violation of ceasefire
- 17-Apr-2026
Lebanon’s army reported “acts of aggression” by Israel that it said violated a ceasefire which took effect at midnight Friday local time. Lebanon’s army in an X post early on Friday called on residents in the south to exercise caution “in light of a number of violations” of the ceasefire agreement by “several Israeli acts […]
Canada, UK, Australia and Japan call for ‘urgent end to hostilities in Lebanon’
- 15-Apr-2026
Canada, the UK, Australia, Japan and six other countries condemned the killings of UN peacekeepers in Lebanon on Tuesday while calling “for an urgent end to hostilities” in the country where Israeli attacks have killed over 2,000 people since March. “Australia, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Indonesia, Japan, Jordan, Sierra Leone, Switzerland and the United Kingdom remain […]
Israeli strike kills infant girl in south Lebanon during father’s funeral
- 13-Apr-2026
TYRE: Wrapped in bloodied bandages, Aline Saeed, seven, barely survived the Israeli strike on her home in south Lebanon last week. She was there to bury her father as hopes of a truce spread across the region, but a new strike killed her infant sister and other relatives. The strike on the Saeed family home […]
Israel and Lebanon are expected to hold talks. What do we know?
- 11-Apr-2026
BEIRUT: Israeli and Lebanese envoys are expected to meet in Washington on Tuesday as U.S. President Donald Trump seeks to calm weeks of Israeli fighting with Iran-backed Hezbollah that has threatened to derail a fragile U.S.-Iran ceasefire. Both sides are under pressure from Trump to end the fighting, a key demand by Iran in parallel […]
Pakistan, Saudi Arabia express concern over ceasefire violations in Lebanon
- 09-Apr-2026
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have expressed concern over ceasefire violations in Lebanon, following Israeli strikes on Wednesday that killed 182 people and wounded 890 others. Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar spoke with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan to discuss the latest developments in the region. During their conversation on […]
UN chief warns Israeli strikes on Lebanon pose ‘grave risk’ to US-Iran truce
- 09-Apr-2026
UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations secretary-general on Wednesday warned that deadly Israeli strikes on Lebanon posed a “grave risk” to the fragile US-Iran truce, his spokesperson said in a statement. “The ongoing military activity in Lebanon poses a grave risk to the ceasefire and the efforts toward a lasting and comprehensive peace in the region. […]
Iran president says Lebanon truce a key condition for ending war
- 09-Apr-2026
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said that a Lebanon ceasefire was one of the key conditions of the Islamic Republic’s 10-point plan for securing an end to the Middle East war, the ISNA news agency reported Wednesday. Pezeshkian told French counterpart Emmanuel Macron in a phone call that Tehran’s “acceptance of the ceasefire is a clear […]
At least 11 killed in Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon on Easter Sunday
- 05-Apr-2026
An Israeli airstrike on Kfarhata, a village in south Lebanon, killed seven people on Sunday, including a 4-year-old child, Lebanon’s health ministry said in a statement. Another Israeli attack on the Jnah neighbourhood in Beirut killed four people and injured 39 others, the ministry added. The strike on Kfarhata followed an overnight evacuation order by […]
A month into war, Lebanon’s prime minister says no end in sight
- 02-Apr-2026
Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said on Thursday there was no end in sight to a war that had already displaced a million people over the last month, as families fleeing Israeli strikes said they were exhausted by repeated rounds of conflict. Lebanon is entering the second month of conflict between Iran-backed armed group Hezbollah […]