The Latest Breaking News from Beirut

The leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah group is calling on the government to work harder on ending Israel’s attacks in the country a day after an Israeli airstrike hit a suburb of Beirut

A huge plume of smoke billowed over Beirut’s southern suburbs after Israeli jets struck on Sunday, 27 April.

Israeli jets have bombed Beirut's southern suburbs on Sunday. This marks the third Israeli strike on the Lebanese capital since a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah was reached in November.

Israeli jets have struck Beirut’s southern suburbs in the third such attack since a ceasefire began in late November

Attack on Hezbollah ally one of two deadly strikes as Lebanon PM under pressure to dismantle armed groups.

As pressure mounts ahead of a key UN summit, France is weighing whether to recognise a Palestinian state – a move President Emmanuel Macron says could come within months. The two-state solution has been the guiding principle of French diplomacy in the Middle East for 70 years, and while the…

Mazen Al Shaar, 48, was about to fly to Beirut when intercepted by Border Force officers

US pressure campaign to accelerate the disarming of Hezbollah is putting Lebanese government in a difficult position.

Near front lines where they once battled each other, former fighters in Lebanon's civil war now gather to bear the same message, half a century after the devastating conflict erupted: never again.