UNSC delegation meets Lebanon’s Aoun, tours south amid Israeli escalation
Visit comes as Hezbollah leader slams Lebanon’s recent civilian-led talks with Israel as a ‘free concession’.

Visit comes as Hezbollah leader slams Lebanon’s recent civilian-led talks with Israel as a ‘free concession’.



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Martyrs’ Square became the symbolic backdrop for interfaith solidarity amid the country’s political paralysis.

Pope Leo stopped at one of Lebanon’s most important Christian sites.
Crowds welcome Pope Leo in Beirut as he calls for an end to violence and promotes interfaith understanding.
Naim Qassem labels the killing of Haytham Tabtabai as a ‘heinous crime’ saying Hezbollah has the right to respond.

Israel launched a series of air strikes on the villages of Jarmak and Mahmoudiya in southern Lebanon on Thursday.

Nearly 10,000 Israeli violations have been recorded in Lebanon in the year since the Hezbollah-Israel ceasefire.

Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr explains what’s going on in Lebanon, a year after the Israel–Hezbollah ceasefire was agreed.
Israel has repeatedly struck Lebanon since a ceasefire last year, but Sunday’s Beirut attack was an escalation.
First American pontiff arrives in the Turkish capital, Ankara, where he meets President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Pope Leo XIV has called on Israel and Hezbollah to abandon armed responses and seek dialogue following an Israeli strike