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People gather at the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted Beirut's southern suburbs neighborhood of Haret Hreik on May 6, 2026.

Israel strikes Beirut in breach of Lebanon ceasefire

Israel has continued to carry out strikes in southern Lebanon but had not targeted Beirut since the ceasefire took effect.

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Lebanon, Israel eye third round of talks, but no Netanyahu-Aoun meeting in sight

The US appears to be pushing for a meeting between Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, but the Lebanese government says it won't happen while Israel continues to launch attacks on Lebanon.

A man sits watching as Lebanese first responders search for human remains among the rubble the day after a house was targeted in an Israeli airstrike in the southern Lebanese city of Nabatieh, on May 1, 2026.

Culture

Lebanon's churches, mosques and archaeological sites damaged in Israeli strikes

Israeli strikes in Lebanon have damaged a growing number of cultural and religious sites, as sites in Israel have also sustained damage from Hezbollah and Iranian attacks.

Latest News

Under US pressure, will Lebanon repeal Israel Boycott Law?

Members of Lebanese security forces stand guard in the perimeter of the Parliament, a day ahead of a parliamentary session to elect a president in Beirut on January 8, 2025. Lebanese political heavyweights held talks on January 8, a day ahead of a parliamentary session to elect a president of the tiny Mediterranean country, already deep in economic and political crisis, and which has been without a president for more than two years. (Photo by ANWAR AMRO / AFP) (Photo by ANWAR AMRO/AFP via Getty Images)

Analysis

Without exit strategy, Israel faces emboldened Hezbollah, limited options on Iran

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In Tel Aviv, reporting on national security, Israeli politics, defense

US seeks to train Lebanon army units to disarm Hezbollah: What to know

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (C), alongside US State Department Counselor Michael Needham (2L) and US Ambassador to Lebanon Michel Issa (2R), speaks during a meeting.

Analysis

Despite Trump pressure to limit Israel's Lebanon attacks, Aoun-Netanyahu meeting still unlikely

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In Tel Aviv, reporting on national security, Israeli politics, defense

Francesco Schiavi

In Bologna, reporting on security, defense, economy, governance

Beatrice Farhat

Associate Editor (Lebanon)

In Beirut, reporting on regional news, culture, conflict

Joyce Karam

Editor-in-Chief

Ali Hashem

In Doha, reporting on Iran, regional politics, conflict

Hanna Davis

In Beirut, reporting on politics, migration, human rights

Rodayna Raydan

In Boqaata, reporting on culture

People cross the Lebanese-Syrian border by foot after residents blocked the road in protest against what they said were the sending of diesel to the Syrian goverment, in northern Lebanon February 13, 2013. REUTERS/Omar Ibrahim (LEBANON - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - RTR3DQO6

Syria Warns Lebanon On Border Infiltrations

Syria's Foreign Ministry has warned Lebanon not to allow armed groups to cross from Lebanon into Syria to conduct operations against regime forces, with Syria threatening military action if it continues, writes Jean Aziz.

A general view shows a shipping container area at the port of Beirut November 20, 2012. Civil war in Syria is taking its toll on several sectors of the economy of neighbouring Lebanon, where exports have tumbled 12 percent, Lebanon's economy minister said on Monday. The IMF said in September that the main risk to the economy was poor policymaking, not Syria. To match Reuters Summit MIDEAST-SUMMIT/LEBANON-SYRIA REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir (LEBANON- Tags: BUSINESS) - RTR3ANO6

Lebanon Pays a Price For Syrian Economic Collapse

The worrying economic situation in conflict-ridden Syria has sent tremors through Lebanon, a country that maintains strong economic ties with its eastern neighbor, writes Elie Hajj.

Demonstrators dance during a protest marking two years since the start of the uprising , in the Bustan al-Qasr district in Aleppo March 17, 2013. REUTERS/Giath Taha (SYRIA - Tags: ANNIVERSARY POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - RTR3F4RR

Syria, Two Years and Counting

Nassif Hitti writes that time is working against Syria as the situation worsens by the day.

Pinhas Amar, poses for a portrait as he displays a photograph taken when he met the then-U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama after a Palestinian rocket damaged his house, during an interview with Reuters in the southern town of Sderot March 11, 2013. If there is one thing that seems to unite Israelis and Palestinians days before Obama's visit to Israel, the occupied West Bank and Jordan next week, it is their talk of broken promises and lack of hope that he will ever bring peace. Picture taken March 11

Obama's Visit to Israel Offers Rare Opportunity for Palestine

During the US president’s visit to Israel, writes Clovis Maksoud, it's crucial that discussions with the Palestinian Authority include representatives from Gaza, and that Israel be identified as an occupying power.

A book written in Aramaic is seen in a glass case at the Museum of St. George's Catholic Church in Kormakitis, Cyprus May 9, 2010. The Aramaic language of the earliest Christians lives on in the church services of the tiny village on the Turkish Cypriot side of the Mediterranean island of Cyprus, where a hybrid dialect of Aramaic is commonly spoken by just 1,000 people who are striving to keep it alive. Picture taken May 9. To match Reuters Life! CYPRUS-LANGUAGE/MARONITES REUTERS/Andreas Manolis (C

Aramaic Language Project in Israel Furthers Recognition of Maronites

Shady Khalloul Risha talks to Jacky Hugi about his quest to revive the Aramaic language and recounts the struggle of the Maronites in Israel to be recognized as an ethnic minority.

Women are seen through a broken window after clashes at Ain al-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp near the port city of Sidon in south Lebanon March 12, 2013. Ten people were wounded and one killed during clashes between the Fatah movement and radical Islamists that started on Monday. REUTERS/Ali Hashisho (LEBANON - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - RTR3EW46

Salafist Factions on Rise At Palestinian Camp in Lebanon

The historically contentious Palestinian refugee camp of Ain al-Hilweh in southern Lebanon has been shaken up by the the surge in the proliferation of hard-line Islamism in the region, Nasser Chararah reports.

Lebanese leaders and members of the "14 March Alliance", politicians and supporters of former Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri stand during a ceremony commemorating the eighth anniversary of the assassination of his father, former Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri, in Beirut February 14, 2013. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir (LEBANON - Tags: POLITICS ANNIVERSARY) - RTR3DSMS

New March 14 Group to Launch In Lebanon Next Week

Next week will see the birth of a new current that intends to recapture the spirit of the Lebanese March 14 Movement under the guidance of former MP Samir Franjieh, writes Elie al-Hajj.

Pigeons fly in front of the parliament square in downtown Beirut October 25, 2012. The party capital of the Arab world, Beirut is a freewheeling city where Gulf Arabs, expatriates and Lebanese emigres fly in to enjoy its luxury hotels. But under the veneer of modernity lie sectarian demons coiled to strike. The car-bomb assassination last Friday of intelligence chief Wissam al-Hassan - an attack almost universally blamed on Syria and its local allies - brought the merry-go-round to a juddering halt. Gunmen

Lebanese Elections: Three Scenarios

As Shiite, Sunni and Christian considerations threaten to disrupt and even cancel the Lebanese elections scheduled for this summer, Jean Aziz outlines the three potential paths developments could take in the near future.

Lebanon's Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour attends an Arab League meeting in Cairo March 6, 2013. Mansour called on Wednesday for Syria's suspension from the Arab League to be lifted in order to help find a political solution to the conflict in the country. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS CONFLICT) - RTR3EN63

Lebanon Foreign Minister Creates Stir Over Syria

Lebanon’s foreign minister, Adnan Mansour, draws criticism from both his own government and the Gulf states by calling for the reinstatement of Assad’s Syria in the Arab League, writes Elie Hajj.

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (C) attends the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem March 10, 2013. Netanyahu on Sunday convened his outgoing cabinet for probably the last time, he said, increasing speculation that he will complete forming a new administration within days. REUTERS/Sebastian Scheiner/Pool (JERUSALEM - Tags: POLITICS) - RTR3ESZR

Netanyahu Sets Scene For Obama Visit

Israel's prime minister has stepped up demands for US support while minimizing the visibility of the settlement issue in preparation for the US president's upcoming visit, writes Clovis Maksoud.

Lebanon's Maronite Patriarch Beshara Rai attends a memorial ceremony for victims killed in a militant attack on the Our Lady of Salvation Church in 2010, at the Church in Baghdad October 31, 2011. Fifty-two hostages and police were killed during an attack on the church on October 31, 2010. REUTERS/Saad Shalash (IRAQ - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY RELIGION CRIME LAW ANNIVERSARY) - RTR2TGJO

Lebanese Maronites Hope Patriarch is Next Pope

For the first time since Lebanese independence, many Lebanese Maronites think that there is a real chance that their patriarch becomes pope, writes Jean Aziz.

U.S. President Barack Obama meets with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, March 5, 2012. REUTERS/Jason Reed (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS) - RTR2YVND

Obama Should Re-Launch Peace Process

Some are expecting US President Barack Obama to relaunch Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, but this should not mean negotiations just for the sake of negotiations that eventually go nowhere, writes Nassif Hitti.