Lebanon Crisis

An Israeli tank crossed the "technical fence" along the border with Lebanon, prompting high alertness from the latter nation's army

The United States announced Wednesday that it will give $80.5 million in aid for food assistance and solar-powered water pumping stations in the crisis-battered country of Lebanon. The announcement was made by USAID chief Samantha Power during a visit to Lebanon ahead of a trip to Egypt for the COP27 U.N. climate conference. During the visit, Power is set to meet with Lebanese political leaders to push for a resolution to the country's political vacuum and for leaders to carry out a slate of political and economic reforms required by the International Monetary Fund to clinch a $3 billion aid package. The visit comes as Lebanon is in the grip of its worst economic and financial crisis in its modern history. On Oct. 31, the six-year term of President Michel Aoun ended with no replacement elected. Power declined to say, however, whether any U.S. assistance would be contingent on Lebanon taking these measures. We are not focused on what happens if those reforms don't happen. The refor

Thousands of Palestinians held prayers on a small soccer field in a refugee camp in northern Lebanon on Saturday, to mourn one of the scores of migrants who died after their boat sank off Syria's coast this week, even as others vowed to undertake the same perilous voyage. Abdul-Al Abdul-Al, 24, kissed his father goodbye Tuesday before boarding a crowded boat leaving from a nearby town seeking a better life in Europe. It was his 14th attempt to flee the crisis-hit Mediterranean country, this time ending with the return of his dead body. He was to be buried in the camp where he was born, his father, Omar, told The Associated Press during the funeral procession. The head of al-Basel Hospital in Syria's coastal city of Tartus said Saturday that the death toll has reached 89, adding that of the 20 others who were receiving treatment at the medical center, six were discharged. The Lebanese army announced Saturday that troops have detained the man who allegedly organised the deadly trip.

"The country needs emergency development that would put an end to prolonged economic stagnation, and constitute a trigger for the growth of country and its prosperity," UN resident for Lebanon said

The Israeli military said it struck Lebanon with artillery fire early Monday after a rocket was fired into Israel. The army said the rocket landed in an open area in northern Israel, causing no damage or injuries. But shortly after, it said it struck the sources of the projectile launched and an infrastructure target in southern Lebanon. It said routine activity in northern Israel was continuing. There was no immediate claim of responsibility. Israel and Lebanon's militant Hezbollah group are bitter enemies that fought an inconclusive month-long war in 2006. The border area has remained tense but mostly quiet since then. Small Palestinian groups are also active in Lebanon and have been suspected in several rocket attacks in recent years. The rocket fire came at a time of heightened tensions in Israel following a string of deadly attacks inside Israel, arrest raids in the occupied West Bank and rocket attacks into Israel launched from the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip. It has bee

Francis' trip will be the first visit by a Pope to the Mediterranean nation since 2012, when Pope Benedict XVI paid a three-day visit to Lebanon

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Public anger mounted against the ruling elite that is being blamed for the chronic mismanagement and carelessness that led to the disaster

Initially, video taken by residents showed a fire raging at the port, sending up a giant column of smoke, illuminated by flashes of what appeared to be fireworks

The sudden devastation overwhelmed a country already struggling with both the coronavirus pandemic and an economic crisis

The heavily indebted state has been without an effective government since Saad al-Hariri quit as premier in October

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Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah warned that the group's ministers would not allow poorer Lebanese to bear the brunt of an economic overhaul through higher taxes that would cause a social explosion

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