Destination warzone: How Lebanon’s only international airport stays open amid Israeli strikes

Beirut–Rafic Hariri’s eastern runway juts into the Dahiyeh suburbs, a Hezbollah stronghold that Israel has targeted almost every day since March 2, when a salvo of rockets fired by the militants sparked a new Israeli offensive into Lebanon. Some Israeli strikes have fallen less than a mile from the perimeter fence. “It’s very challenging, it’s … Read more

For a surgeon treating Lebanon’s wounded children, their horrific injuries bring back memories from Gaza

BEIRUT — For British Palestinian surgeon Dr. Ghassan Abu Sittah and his colleagues at the American University of Beirut Medical Center, the wounds he is treating on children are an all-too-familiar sight. The number of pediatric casualties is mounting from Israeli strikes across Lebanon, targeting the Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah, after military operations resumed when … Read more

Live Updates: Israel pounds Iran and Lebanon’s capitals as Trump says war aim is to “clean out” Tehran regime

  6m ago Israeli military warns of another Iranian missile launch Iran fired another salvo of missiles at Israel on Friday, the Israeli military said, after it announced a fresh wave of strikes targeting the Iranian regime in Tehran. The Israel Defense Forces said in its latest alert — of which there have been many … Read more

Live Updates: Israel pounds Iran and Lebanon’s capitals as Trump says war aim is to “clean out” Tehran regime

  1m ago Iran claims “large volume” of attack drones “hitting U.S. positions” in Kuwait The Iranian Army claimed Friday to be unleashing “a large volume of Army attack drones” that it said were “hitting U.S. positions” in Kuwait. “Over the past hours, various types of attack drones from the Ground Forces carried out concentrated … Read more