Lebanon

Tehran threatens nuclear escalation, Saudi-led coalition destroys drone near Riyadh

Entry of Palestinian workers into West Bank restricted ahead of election • Houthi shrapnel falls in various Saudi cities • US warns citizens in Israel of threat of Houthi attacks

Two US Air Force A-10 Warthog aircraft patrol the skies over the Middle East, October 24, 2026; Illustrative.
Supporters of Lebanese Shia movement Hezbollah wave flags of the group during a ceremony held to mark the second anniversary of the killing of leader Hassan Nasrallah in a strike by Israel, in Beirut's southern suburbs on September 27, 2026.

Are Lebanese Shi'ites abandoning Hezbollah? Poll shows majority favor disarming group - analysis

Women prepare a makeshift memorial in tribute to Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on a street after he was killed in an Israeli and US strike, amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Tehran, Iran, March 4, 2026.

Saudi Arabia intercepts Houthi missiles, IDF demolishes buildings after Hebron terror attack

VOTING IN Egypt’s parliamentary elections, in Giza, Nov. 2025.

Voices from the Arab Press: Iran, the Kurds, and the future of Arab power


Yemen launches counteroffensive against Houthis, flydubai hijacker's motives under investigation

Pete Hegseth says US 'hell-bent' on keeping Iran from achieving nuclear weapons • Iran delays renewing Hamas financial support over failure to undermine West Bank stability • Iran executes detainee

A US Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle is refueled by a KC-135 Stratotanker while patrolling the skies over the Middle East.

IDF targets Yahya Sinwar's successor in Gaza strike, kills two PIJ commanders in Gaza City

Trump reportedly discusses next steps of war at secret Camp David meeting • US pushes for pressure on Iran • Yemen claims 20 strikes carried out on Houthis

Smoke and flames rise from a house during an Israeli strike, carried out after the IDF warned residents to evacuate the area, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, September 9, 2026.

Middle Israel: Three years after October 7, Israel’s gravest defeats are not military - opinion

Alongside its seven military fronts, this war had three non-military fronts: the diplomatic, the social, and the moral. And in all these, Israel’s wartime leadership sowed havoc and reaped defeat. 

ONE OF the government’s greatest defeats on a social level since October 7, the writer argues, is the failure to conscript its ultra-Orthodox allies’ boys.

One injured in Saudi Arabia from missile shrapnel as US reportedly builds up forces in region

Yemen claims 20 strikes carried out on Houthis • Crude oil tanker struck by unknown projectile off Oman, UKMTO says • US deploys third aircraft carrier to Middle East

Large plume of black smoke rises from the fuel storage area at King Khalid International Airport, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, September 19, 2026. Picture taken with a mobile phone.

CENTEF report reveals Hezbollah acquired $157m of weapons in 2024, majority provided freely by Iran

The report, titled Hezbollah Financial Statements, is the first installment in a series set to expose Hezbollah's spending on media, payments to wounded fighters, and its military infrastructure.

Hezbollah rockets discovered by the IDF in southern Lebanon, May 2, 2026.

UNICEF warns of severe child deprivation in Lebanon as displacement, economic tolls mount

“Without urgent and sustained action, an entire generation of children and young people risks carrying the scars of this crisis into adulthood,” UNICEF Lebanon Representative Marcoluigi Corsi said. 

Displaced Lebanese children play in the playground of a public school that has been converted into a shelter in the town of Dekwaneh, north of Beirut on March 25, 2026.

Syria, Hezbollah hold secret security talks in Turkey, reportedly to ease border tensions

One of the Syrian officials said both sides agreed they held no hostility towards one another, and that Syria assured Hezbollah that it would not intervene militarily in Lebanon to disarm the group.

Hezbollah and Syrian flags are seen fluttering in Fleita, Syria August 2, 2017.

US deploys third aircraft carrier to Middle East, as Saudis give Yemen $60 million to fight Houthis

IRGC says it killed 'six terrorists' caught with explosives in Iran • Herzog condemns settler violence • Shin Bet heads to Dubai after hijacking attempt

The USS Theodore Roosevelt from the bay doors of a V-22 Osprey after taking off during a Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) military exercise in waters south of the Hawaiian Islands, U.S., July 13, 2026.

Reporter's Notebook: Tourists visit northern Israel as sense of normalcy returns to kibbutzim

In 2024 this area was a warzone. Most of the residents had been evacuated, including the entire city of Kiryat Shmona. Today, it’s hard to remember now how forsaken this place was during the war.

Hunin castle just outside Margaliot and less than 1 kilometer from the Israel-Lebanon border.

Flydubai rescue flight lands in Israel escorted by IAF aircraft, Netanyahu greets passengers

Flydubai passengers receive medical treatment from Saudis • Sa'ar speaks with UAE foreign minister following safe landing of flydubai passengers • Donald Trump to speak with Netanyahu

The flydubai rescue flight for hijacked flight FZ1073 lands in Israel on September 30, 2026.