Tag: Lebanon

President Donald Trump, accompanied by Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, left, and Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., speaks with reporters while in flight on Air Force One, Sunday, Jan. 4, 2026, as returning to Joint Base Andrews, Md

Lindsey Graham’s war rhetoric complicates Trump’s push to calm MAGA base

Ramsey Touchberry, Naomi Lim · March 11, 2026 7:00 am

Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike in Dahiyeh, Beirut.

Israel responds to Lebanon’s request for talks with new round of strikes

Molly Parks · March 10, 2026 1:36 pm

Smoke rises from Israeli airstrikes in Dahiyeh, a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon.

Israel pounds Beirut suburb with strikes in offensive against Hezbollah infrastructure

Molly Parks · March 6, 2026 10:42 am

Relatives grieve during a funeral of a fighter with the Kataib Hezbollah, who was killed in a U.S. airstrike, in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, March 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Hezbollah calls for return to ‘open war’ with Israel as bombs rain down

David Zimmermann · March 3, 2026 8:47 am

Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, center, tours areas in southern Lebanon along the border with Israel that the Lebanese army says it has cleared of the armed presence of the militant Hezbollah group, in the village of Tayr Harfa, Saturday, Feb. 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)

Lebanon bans Hezbollah ‘military activities’ after retaliatory strikes launch from Beirut

David Zimmermann · March 2, 2026 8:04 am

File: The head of Hezbollah's parliamentary bloc Mohammad Raad speaks during a press conference at the Parliament in Beirut, Lebanon, December 8, 2010. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Hezbollah leader killed in IDF strikes in Lebanon

Washington Examiner Staff · March 2, 2026 3:54 am

Beirut skyline.

Israel struck Hezbollah targets across Lebanon, IDF says

Zach LaChance · March 1, 2026 10:10 pm

People walk in front of a billboard with a graphic showing a U.S aircraft carrier with damaged fighter jets on its deck, and sign reading in Farsi and English: "If you sow the wind, you'll reap whirlwind," at the Enqelab-e-Eslami (Islamic Revolution) square, in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026.

US evacuates nonessential personnel from Beirut embassy over Iran tension

Mike Brest · February 23, 2026 10:55 am

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Secretary of State Marco Rubio speak to each other before President Donald Trump speaks at an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation CEO luncheon in Gyeongju, South Korea.

Trump administration labels Muslim Brotherhood branches in Middle East terrorist organizations

David Zimmermann · January 13, 2026 12:53 pm

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Lebanon claims progress in Hezbollah disarmament, as Israel calls it ‘an encouraging beginning’

Mike Brest · January 8, 2026 4:01 pm

President Donald Trump speaks at his Mar-a-Lago club.

Netanyahu goes to Mar-a-Lago as Trump ups pressure for Gaza peace deal progress

Naomi Lim · December 29, 2025 4:00 am

IDF Military Drone Unit seen training with drones near Kibbutz Merom Golan, on the Syrian border in northern Golan Heights, Israel on June 26, 2025. (Photo by Michael Giladi / Middle East Images via AFP) (Photo by MICHAEL GILADI/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump administration pushes diplomacy between Israel and a pair of long-hostile neighbors

Michele Chabin · December 12, 2025 5:09 am