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France’s President Emmanuel Macron speaks to members of the media on the day of the 9th Annual One Planet Sovereign Wealth Funds (OPSWF) Summit in Lusail on October 21, 2026. (Benoit Tessier/POOL/AFP)
October 21, 2026, 8:52 pm
Macron says France to hold confab to back Lebanese army after Israeli election
French president decries high pressure faced by Lebanese state amid Israeli presence in south of country, says it is the ‘least best way’ to deal with Hezbollah
By AFP and ToI Staff
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun (R) speaks with France’s Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Noel Barrot (L) at the Presidential Palace in Baabda on October 17, 2026. (Anwar AMRO/AFP)
October 18, 2026, 8:40 am
Lebanon seeks international presence in south from French FM as peace keeper exit nears
During Beirut visit, Aoun and French FM discuss post-UNIFIL security arrangement; Lebanon says next round of talks with Israel to be held Tuesday in Florida
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, second left, and Qatar’s Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani, center, review an honor guard at the Government Palace in Beirut, Lebanon, October 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
October 16, 2026, 9:32 pm
Qatar pledges to help fund the reconstruction of southern Lebanon
Doha also says it will help rehabilitate struggling electricity sector; Trump plan to restart direct US flights with Beirut faces problems
By AP, Reuters and AFP
This handout photograph released by the Lebanese Presidency press office on October 14, 2026, shows Lebanon’s President Joseph Aoun (R) meeting with United Nations’ Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix (C), and Head of Mission and Force Commander of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), Major General Diodato Abagnara, at the presidential palace in Baabda. (Lebanese Presidency/AFP)
October 14, 2026, 9:47 pm
UN reaffirms push for Lebanon stability as Beirut asks to extend peacekeepers’ mandate
UNIFIL mandate set to end in December after nearly 50 years, prompting concern from Lebanese officials who warn withdrawal will create ‘vacuum’ and harm regional security
By AFP
October 9, 2026, 1:16 pm
Elizabeth Tsurkov: Sharaa’s Syria is no threat to Israel
The former jihadists ruling Damascus are keen to stay in power, says Middle East scholar, adding that Lebanon’s government is trying to avoid civil war, not take on Hezbollah
By Lazar Berman
French President Emmanuel Macron, center, Jordan’s King Abdullah II, left, and Lebanese President Joseph Aoun pose before a meeting at the Hotel des Invalides in Paris, September 17, 2026. (Thibault Camus/AP)
September 17, 2026, 9:10 pm
Top European, Arab officials meet to mull options for post-UNIFIL mission in Lebanon
France’s Macron, Lebanon’s Aoun, and Jordan’s King Abdullah gather in Paris to assess Lebanese Armed Forces’ needs as UN presence set to end, and Hezbollah still refusing to disarm
By Agencies, ToI Staff and Lazar Berman
Israeli Ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter and Lebanese Ambassador to the US Nada Hamadeh Moawad at the US State Department in Washington, April 14, 2026. (AP/Jacquelyn Martin)
September 16, 2026, 9:46 pm
Lebanese and Israeli envoys hold ‘positive’ meeting in DC as Aoun arrives in Paris
Meeting comes after planned peace talks in Rome delayed until next month; Lebanese president to discuss ongoing IDF strikes, talks with Israel with Macron during visit
By Lazar Berman, Emanuel Fabian, AFP and ToI Staff
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun gives an interview to AFP at the Presidential Palace in Baabda on September 15, 2026. (JOSEPH EID/AFP)
September 16, 2026, 2:33 pm
Lebanese president: Security deal with Israel would be potential prelude to peace
In interview, Joseph Aoun qualifies that ‘we cannot jump directly to a peace agreement’; says disarming Hezbollah nonnegotiable, urges new force to replace UNIFIL when mandate ends
By AFP and ToI Staff
Israel's Ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter, State Department Chief of Staff Daniel Holler, US Ambassador to Lebanon Michel Issa and Lebanese Ambassador to the US Nada Hamadeh attend a meeting between Israeli and Lebanese delegations hosted by the United States at the State Department in Washington, DC, on June 3, 2026. (Oliver Contreras / AFP)
September 12, 2026, 11:22 am
Upcoming round of Israel-Lebanon talks delayed from next week until October – US official
Lebanese president confirms ‘no new talks with Israel at the present time’; as Israel prepares for elections and Hezbollah vows not to disarm, Israeli official cites scheduling conflict
By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff
A Red Cross convoy escorts four released prisoners who were held in Israeli prisons as they arrive in the southern village of Mansouri, Lebanon, September 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)
September 4, 2026, 4:34 pm
Red Cross hands four more civilians detained by Israel in security zone to Lebanon
AFP reports two are Syrian nationals, though Jerusalem had referred to all four as ‘Lebanese civilians’; PMO says they were interrogated and found to have no terror links
By ToI Staff, Nava Freiberg and Agencies
Heavy machinery, first aid responders and residents search the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted a neighborhood in the southern Lebanese village of Deir al-Zahrani on August 15, 2026. (Abbas FAKIH/AFP)
August 16, 2026, 11:12 am
Israeli strikes reported in south Lebanon as Defense Minister Katz vows to ‘settle scores’
Reported nighttime attacks come day after three soldiers were seriously injured by Hezbollah drone; IDF names second senior Hezbollah commander killed in Saturday strikes
By Emanuel Fabian, ToI Staff and Agencies
People and rescue workers gather on a destroyed house that was hit by an Israeli airstrike in Deir al-Zahrani village, southern Lebanon, August 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)
August 15, 2026, 3:32 pm
Israeli strikes kill 11 in south Lebanon after Hezbollah wounds 3 IDF soldiers in attack
Acknowledging civilian casualties in strikes, Israel accuses terror group of deliberately housing women and children in Hezbollah ‘military compound,’ says they were family of targeted commander
By Emanuel Fabian, Agencies and ToI Staff
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, shakes hands with his Lebanese counterpart Joseph Aoun before their meeting at the presidential palace in Ankara, Turkey, July 30, 2026. (Ugur Yildirim/DIA Photo via AP)
July 30, 2026, 10:58 pm
Erdogan says Turkey seeks to join a post-UNIFIL security force in Lebanon
It’s not clear what will follow decades-long UN peacekeeping mission that expires at end of the year; hosting Lebanese counterpart, Erdogan vows to aid post-war recovery
By AP and ToI Staff
A photograph shows Beirut’s international airport as seen from the Bshamoun area, south of the capital, on April 13, 2026. (Anwar Amro/AFP)
July 22, 2026, 1:02 am
Trump says he ordered resumption of direct US-Lebanon flights for first time in decades
US president tells Lebanese counterpart he hopes other countries will also allow direct travel to ‘this beautiful land,’ though it appears highly unlikely American carriers will want to fly there soon
By Jacob Magid
President Donald Trump meets with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun in the Oval Office at the White House, July 21, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
July 21, 2026, 10:20 pm
Meeting Trump in DC, Aoun says Lebanon will end hostility with Israel ‘forever’
US president says he is willing to meet Hezbollah if Beirut requests, vows to help Lebanon ‘a lot’; IDF says it fired ‘warning shots’ near LAF troops who breached its buffer zone
By Jacob Magid, Emanuel Fabian, Agencies and ToI Staff
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