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Smoke billows in the Lebanese village of Ain Qana after an unexplained explosion, September 22, 2020. (Twitter screen capture)
Explosion rocks alleged Hezbollah arms cache in Lebanon, casualties reported
By Aaron Boxerman
Military declares site in Ain Qana a closed zone, amid reports blast was in a weapons depot belonging to the terror group
Smoke billows in the Lebanese village of Ain Qana after an unexplained explosion, September 22, 2020. (Twitter screen capture)
September 22, 2020, 4:13 pm
Explosion rocks alleged Hezbollah arms cache in Lebanon, casualties reported
Military declares site in Ain Qana a closed zone, amid reports blast was in a weapons depot belonging to the terror group
By Aaron Boxerman
French President Emmanuel Macron (L) meets with Lebanese President Michel Aoun at the Presidential palace in Baabda, east of the Lebanese capital Beirut, on September 1, 2020. (Photo by GONZALO FUENTES / POOL / AFP)
September 21, 2020, 4:29 pm
Lebanon president warns country going ‘to hell’ if no government formed
Michael Aoun criticizes allies Hezbollah and Amal for insisting on holding onto Finance Ministry portfolio and naming Shiite ministers in the cabinet
By Agencies
Illustrative: A Brazilian Navy motor boat from the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) approaches a boat overcrowded with migrants in the Mediterranean Sea, October 11, 2018. (UNIFIL via AP)
September 21, 2020, 3:47 pm
Lebanon recovers 4 bodies after deadly sea crossing
The dead are believed to have been on a dinghy that went adrift while carrying people trying to flee the crisis-hit country
By AFP
A view of the Leviathan natural gas gas processing rig from Dor Habonim Beach Nature Reserve, January 1, 2020. (Flash90)
September 19, 2020, 6:43 pm
US said to redouble efforts for Israel-Lebanon maritime talks after Beirut blast
Axios report says major point of contention is who will mediate talks, with Israel wanting Washington alone, while Beirut looks for UN oversight
By TOI staff
Two Palestinian women weep as they sit on the curb in the Sabra Palestinian refugee camp in West Beirut, Lebanon, September 19, 1982, after they found bodies of relatives. (AP Photo/Bill Foley)
September 18, 2020, 10:23 am
Journalist reckons with Israeli blame for Sabra and Shatila
38 years ago, hours before the Jewish new year, word arrived of bloodshed by an Israeli ally in Beirut. A reporter set off to Lebanon to seek out the truth
By Abraham Rabinovich
In this photo released by Lebanon's official government photographer Dalati Nohra, Prime Minister-Designate Mustapha Adib speaks with journalists after his meeting with Lebanese President Michel Aoun, at the presidential palace, in Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon, September 14, 2020. (Dalati Nohra via AP)
September 16, 2020, 9:50 pm
Warnings of chaos as Lebanon misses deadline to assemble government
France says ‘not yet too late’ to form cabinet to deal with national crisis, after Beirut fails to meet obligation to Paris to do so within 15 days
By Zeina Karam
An IDF mobile howitzer stands at the ready near the Lebanese border (Israel Defense Forces)
September 16, 2020, 1:23 pm
After 58 days bracing for Hezbollah attack, IDF shows no sign of easing up
Senior officer says military is ready to respond forcefully, not only in ways it has retaliated before, if Nasrallah follows through on his vow to avenge the group’s fallen fighter
By Judah Ari Gross
Illustrative: Migrants and refugees panic as they fall in the water during a rescue operation of the Topaz Responder rescue ship run by Maltese NGO Moas and Italian Red Cross, off the Libyan coast in the Mediterranean Sea, on November 3, 2016. (AFP PHOTO/ANDREAS SOLARO)
September 15, 2020, 10:02 am
UN peacekeepers rescue 36 off Lebanese coast 
One migrant dies before rescue; Lebanon and neighboring Cyprus report several migrant vessels trying to leave the Middle Eastern country in recent weeks
By AFP
In this June 2016 photo provided by Guila Fakhoury, her father Amer Fakhoury holds his granddaughter, Kira, in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. (Guila Fakhoury via AP)
September 13, 2020, 11:18 am
Charity founded to honor ex-member of Israel-backed militia jailed by Lebanon
Foundation to honor Amer Fakhoury, who allegedly tortured prisoners while serving in SLA and died last month, seeks to provide financial and advocacy support for US hostages
By Agencies
Illustrative: This Saturday, March 31, 2018 photo released by Hezbollah Central Military Media, shows the wreckage of an Israeli military drone that crashed not far from the Israeli border, in the area of Khalet Mariam near the southern village of Baraashit, in south Lebanon. (Hezbollah Military Media, via AP)
September 10, 2020, 9:15 pm
Lebanese army claims to shoot down IDF drone over its airspace
Israeli military says aircraft crashed during ‘routine operations,’ no risk that intelligence can be taken from debris
By TOI staff
Fire burns in the port in Beirut, Lebanon, Sept. 10. 2020. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
September 10, 2020, 2:13 pm
Huge fire rages at Beirut port, weeks after devastating explosion
Lebanese army says fire started at warehouse with containers of tires, oil and other flammable materials, as massive plume of smoke stokes fears of fresh blast among residents
By Agencies
Former Lebanese Minister Sejaan Azzi (
September 10, 2020, 8:24 am
Former Lebanese minister: Israel not plotting against Lebanon, wants peace
In an interview with Arabic-language television, Sejaan Azzi says Jerusalem has no plans to take over Lebanese land, cites normalization with UAE as proof of its good intentions
By TOI staff
Illustrative: Israel's offshore Leviathan gas platform. (Albatross)
September 9, 2020, 12:54 am
US envoy reports progress on Israel-Lebanon maritime border talks
Territorial dispute centers on offshore oil and gas drilling rights in part of Mediterranean claimed by both countries
By AFP
Then-Lebanese finance minister Ali Hassan Khalil listens to Lebanese Information Minister Jamal Jarrah while he speaks to a journalist at the Government House in Beirut, Lebanon, May 24, 2019. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)
September 8, 2020, 10:34 pm
In rare move, US sanctions 2 Lebanese politicians allied with Hezbollah
Former cabinet ministers ‘provided material support’ to terror group, US says, warning of new measures targeting organization’s allies
By Agencies
Hamas' political bureau chief Ismail Haniyeh greets supporters during a visit to the Ein el-Hilweh camp, Lebanon's largest Palestinian refugee camp, near the southern coastal city of Sidon on September 6, 2020. (Mahmoud ZAYYAT / AFP)
September 7, 2020, 1:50 am
Rallying masses in Lebanon, Hamas leader threatens rockets on Tel Aviv
Ismail Haniyeh given hero’s welcome at Ein El-Hilweh refugee camp near Sidon, but also faces some criticism on social media for possibly adding to Lebanon’s woes
By Agencies
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