Lebanon

Health news

Lebanese doctor races to save eyes of those hurt by tech explosions

Many of those hurt in the attack suffered injuries to their hands, face and eyes because the devices received messages just before they detonated, so they were looking at the devices as they exploded.

23/09/2024

Lebanon

Top commander among at least 37 dead, Hezbollah says

Hezbollah said on Saturday a second commander was killed in a deadly IDF attack on the Lebanese capital, which has left at least 37 people dead and scores wounded.

21/09/2024

Lebanon

Israel says it killed top Hezbollah commander in Beirut airstrike

The strike on Beirut's southern Dahiya district targeted and killed Ibrahim Akil, a commander of Hezbollah’s elite Radwan Force, as well as 10 other Hezbollah operatives, IDF chief spokesperson said.

20/09/2024

Lebanon

Walkie-talkies explode across Lebanon a day after pager attack

In the Lebanese capital, multiple explosions went off during the funeral of four Hezbollah fighters who were killed the day before, sources confirmed.

18/09/2024

Tech News

How Hezbollah pagers could have been turned into weapons

Pagers belonging to Hezbollah operatives exploded in an attack that was allegedly planned by Israel. This is how experts are speculating they could have been detonated.

18/09/2024

Lebanon

What was Hungarian company's role in making Hezbollah pagers?

Some 2,750 people, many of them members of Hezbollah, were injured by pagers exploding almost simultaneously across Lebanon and Syria on Tuesday.

18/09/2024

Europe News

Borrell urges Lebanon and Israel to ease tensions along their border

"We need to de-escalate military tensions and use this opportunity to urge all sides to pursue this path," said EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell during his visit to Beirut.

12/09/2024

Lebanon

Guterres calls for de-escalation of attacks between Israel and Lebanon

The UN secretary-general made his call as cross-border attacks along the unofficial line of separation intensified.

27/08/2024

Lebanon

Strikes on Hezbollah 'not the end of the story,' Netanyahu says

The heavy exchange of fire on Sunday threatened to trigger an all-out war that could draw in the US, Iran and militant groups across the region.

26/08/2024

Lebanon

Israel strikes south Lebanon as Hezbollah launches barrage of rockets

Israel launched a wave of airstrikes across southern Lebanon early on Sunday whilst Hezbollah fired hundreds of rockets and drones at it.

25/08/2024

Lebanon

At least 10 Syrian nationals killed in Israeli strike on Lebanon

More than 500 people have been killed in exchanges between Israel and Lebanon since Oct. 8, most of them fighters with Hezbollah and other armed groups.

17/08/2024

Europe News

France urges nationals to leave Lebanon as fear of war looms

The French Ministry of Foreign Affairs asked its citizens on Sunday to arrange travel urgently due to “a highly volatile” security situation in the region, reminding them that commercial flights to France are “still available”.

04/08/2024

Lebanon

Flights to Lebanon disrupted amidst fear of regional war

Crowds of passengers were queueing at Beirut airport's departure terminal on Saturday as flights are disrupted amidst concerns of a full-fledged regional war.

03/08/2024

Lebanon

In Lebanon, residents brave a week that could change everything

As anxieties of a wider war in the Middle East loom, Euronews spoke to Beirut residents and experts to break down the latest events.

02/08/2024

Lebanon

Lebanese official: Israeli air strike on Beirut 'attack on goodwill'

The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah confirmed that Israel killed a top commander after a rare strike in Beirut.

31/07/2024

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Aftermath of Israeli strike in Beirut, killing one and injuring dozens

Israel's military retaliated after 12 children and young people were killed in a strike on Israeli-controlled Golan Heights.

31/07/2024

Lebanon

Israeli airstrike hits Beirut in surging tensions with Hezbollah

Israel on Tuesday carried out a rare strike on Beirut, which it said killed the Hezbollah commander who was allegedly behind a weekend rocket attack that killed 12 young people in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights. Hezbollah did not immediately confirm the commander’s death.

31/07/2024

Europe News

Flights cancelled to Lebanon as fears of Israel Hezbollah war loom

Lebanon is expecting a retaliatory strike from Israel after a missile hit a football field in the town of Majdal Shams in the Israeli-annexed Syrian Golan Heights over the weekend, killing 12 children and adolescents.

30/07/2024

Lebanon

Israeli airstrike hits Beirut in 'targeted strike on Hezbollah'

The Israeli military says it has struck Beirut, targeting a senior Hezbollah commander allegedly behind the deaths of 12 youths in Golan Heights.

30/07/2024

Lebanon

Germany urges citizens to leave Lebanon amid Israel-Hezbollah tensions

Germany urged its citizens to leave Lebanon as tensions in the region rise following a deadly strike on an Israel-occupied town that killed 12 children and teenagers.

29/07/2024

Lebanon

Thousands of Iranian fighters volunteer to join Hezbollah

Fighters from Iran-backed groups are willing to fight for Hezbollah, as Netanyahu indicates Israeli troops could be redirected from Gaza to Israel's northern border to confront the militant group.

24/06/2024

Lebanon

Israel says its assassinated key Hamas weapons supplier in Lebanon

A drone attack by the IDF has killed Ayman Ratma, one of Hamas's key weapons suppliers in the Bekaa valley, the Israeli military has claimed.

22/06/2024

Europe News

Hezbollah leader issues warning to Cyprus over support for Israel

Hassan Nasrallah warned of widespread attacks in Israel and accused Cyprus of facilitating Israeli military activities.

20/06/2024

Lebanon

UN launches investigation into blast that injured three peacekeepers

Lebanese media claim that the UN peacekeepers were “subjected to an Israeli strike” carried out by drones., which Israel has denied.

31/03/2024

Lifestyle

Watch: This pole dancing group is helping to break taboos in Lebanon

Pole Fit Lebanon, founded by Laura Ayoub, has revolutionised pole dancing in Lebanon, expanding to six locations in under a decade and recently launching the Lebanon Pole Championship.

13/02/2024

Lebanon

'Nobody will win' from wider Middle East conflict - Borrell

The EU foreign policy chief said escalating violence in the region was getting more concerning.

06/01/2024