Lebanon

Lebanon sets 3-month deadline to disarm Hezbollah near Israel borders

Plan includes five-phase disarmament strategy starting in southern Lebanon, with nationwide security measures and focus on restoring state control over weapons

UN Security Council grants last extension to Lebanon peacekeeping mission

The United Nations Security Council on Thursday unanimously extended "for a final time" a long running peacekeeping mission in Lebanon until the end of 2026, when the operation will then begin a yearlong "orderly and safe drawdown and withdrawal."

US envoy Thomas Barrack meets Netanyahu as talks continue on Syria and Lebanon

Appointed earlier this year, Barrack has been tasked with facilitating peace negotiations and easing tensions across multiple fronts, including Syria and Lebanon, amid stalled ceasefire talks

Disarmament is final: Lebanon warns Iran to stay out

Amid political unity over Hezbollah’s disarmament, Lebanon calls out Tehran’s rhetoric as dangerous, divisive, and damaging to regional peace and internal cohesion

Will Hezbollah surrender its weapons? Lebanese armed group balks as pressure mounts

Once hailed as the country’s most powerful armed force, Hezbollah now finds itself under intense scrutiny from both domestic and international actors

Lebanon firm on disarming Hezbollah, seeks to arrest non-state actors brandishing automatic weapons

The US-brokered truce stipulates that all armed groups in Lebanon must disarm

Hezbollah's new chief says group will not surrender to Israeli aggression

Qassem, who succeeded longtime leader Hassan Nasrallah after Israel killed him in September, said the group's fighters would not abandon their arms and asserted that Israel's "aggression" must first stop.

Israel defies ceasefire in Lebanon, conducts strikes in south, killing 3 people

The Lebanese health ministry said an "Israeli enemy" drone strike on a car in Kunin, south Lebanon, killed one man and wounded another person

Lebanon's post-war reconstruction needs $11 bn. World Bank is giving it $250 mn

Jean-Christophe Carret, the World Bank’s Middle East regional director, said the newly approved support is the first phase of a $1 billion scalable framework to address the country’s needs

Why has Hezbollah stayed out of the Israel-Iran conflict so far?

As Iran and Israel exchange direct attacks, Hezbollah — Tehran’s most powerful regional ally — has chosen to stay on the sidelines. The Lebanon-based group, weakened by last year’s Israeli strikes and under domestic and international pressure, has publicly pledged loyalty to Iran but held back militarily