Source: Reuters
The UN peacekeeping force in south Lebanon urged de-escalation on Friday after a big increase in hostilities at the Lebanese-Israeli border, where Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah have been trading fire for almost a year.
Friday, September 20, 2024
Israel carried out dozens of strikes on Thursday across southern Lebanon, three Lebanese security sources told Reuters, saying it was some of the most intense bombing since the start of the war in October.
Thursday, September 19, 2024
Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati this week expressed, during a meeting with ambassadors and acting representatives of the UN Security Council’s member states, Lebanon’s readiness to engage in indirect negotiations with Israel to achieve a ceasefire and end the ongoing war in the south of the country between Hezbollah and the Israeli army, amid escalating exchanges of fire and Israeli threats to expand the conflict.
Thursday, September 12, 2024
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Monday, September 9, 2024
Neymar has reportedly sent a warning to his Brazil colleagues at Real Madrid regarding Kylian Mbappe.
Tuesday, September 17, 2024
The hearing into Manchester City's 115 charges for alleged breaches of the Premier League's financial rules begins on Monday.
Monday, September 16, 2024
Friday 20 September 2024 13:34:59
The batteries of the walkie-talkies used by Lebanese armed group Hezbollah that blew up this week were laced with a highly explosive compound known as PETN, a Lebanese source familiar with the device’s components told Reuters.
The way the explosive material was integrated into the battery pack made it extremely difficult to detect, the source said.