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Ancient ruins at Sebastia in the occupied West Bank listed as UNESCO endangered heritage

UNESCO Places Occupied West Bank Sites and Lebanese Castles on Endangered Heritage List

UNESCO placed Sebastia in the occupied West Bank and five Lebanese castles on the endangered heritage list in an emergency vote at Busan. The decision, adopted over Israeli objections, cites active conflict

July 25, 2026

by Dilnaz Shaikh

President Donald Trump meets Lebanese President Joseph Aoun at the White House following the announcement to lift the 41-year ban on direct US flights to Lebanon

Trump Lifts Four-Decade Ban on US Direct Flights to Lebanon

President Trump lifted the 41-year ban on direct US airline service to Lebanon following Joseph Aoun's White House visit, the first by a Lebanese president since 2009. The move comes as Israeli troops remain in the south and a Level

July 22, 2026

by Shivam Chopra

Lebanese army vehicles patrol Froun village in Bint Jbeil district, southern Lebanon

Lebanese Return to Villages Israel Never Occupied, Exposing Pilot Zone Limits

Lebanese civilians return to Bint Jbeil villages under the pilot zone framework, but residents say Israel

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun meets US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Washington to discuss Hezbollah disarmament

Lebanon’s Aoun Meets Rubio, Brings Hezbollah Disarmament Plan to Washington

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun met Secretary of State Rubio in Washington Sunday, heading into a Trump meeting Tuesday with a Hezbollah disarmament-for-Israeli-withdrawal plan. It is the first Lebanese presidential visit to Washington

July 20, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·Government and Politics·News

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun gestures to journalists at the Presidential Palace in Baabda, Beirut, before flying to Washington to meet Donald Trump

Aoun Arrives in Washington to Press Trump on Israeli Withdrawal From Southern Lebanon

Lebanese President Aoun flew to Washington on Saturday for a July 21 meeting with Trump — the first White House visit by a Lebanese head of state since 2009. Aoun's goal: US

July 19, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·Government and Politics·News

An aerial panoramic view of Beirut Lebanon the capital city at the centre of ongoing post-conflict framework negotiations

Lebanese Minister Says Framework Clause Renounces Country’s Moral Right to Seek Israeli Accountability

Lebanese Environment Minister Tamara Elzein said Thursday that a clause in the framework agreement with Israel requiring Beirut to halt complaints about Israeli conduct amounts to a surrender of the country's moral

July 17, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·News

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan meets Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam in Istanbul on July 10 2026 for diplomatic talks on Lebanon's future

Erdogan Hosts Lebanese PM Salam in Istanbul as Turkey Seeks Post-Iran Lebanon Role

Erdogan met Lebanese PM Nawaf Salam in Istanbul on Friday, positioning Turkey to counter Israeli and Iranian influence in post-war Lebanon. Analysts see an emerging Turkey-Saudi-Egypt-Qatar-Oman coalition forming to preserve Lebanese stability

July 12, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·News

First responders inspect a vehicle damaged by Israeli drone strike in Kfar Reman southern Lebanon July 10 2026

Israel Strikes Southern Lebanon Despite Framework Deal as Amnesty Demands War Crimes Probe

Israeli drones struck Nabatieh district on Friday, injuring two in Kfar Reman, as Lebanon's death toll since March 2 reached 4,321. Amnesty International called the same day for war crimes investigations into

July 10, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·News

UNIFIL United Nations peacekeeping vehicles deployed in southern Lebanon

Israel to Return First Lebanese Territory as CENTCOM Coordinates Pilot Zone Withdrawal

Israel will return the first 'pilot zone' in southern Lebanon to Lebanese control 'in a matter of days,' a US official confirmed, with CENTCOM coordinating transfers under the June 26 framework. Rome

July 10, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·News

IDF soldiers from the 98th Division operating in southern Lebanon security zone

IDF Kills Armed Individual in Southern Lebanon Security Zone as Ceasefire Talks Continue in Washington

Israeli troops shot and killed an armed individual inside the security zone in southern Lebanon on Saturday, the IDF announced, as Lebanese-Israeli talks in Washington concluded with a framework agreement intended to

July 5, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·News

Israeli Ambassador Yechiel Leiter speaks at the Lebanon ceasefire framework discussions at the US State Department in Washington

IDF Kills Armed Individual in Southern Lebanon Security Zone as Ceasefire Talks Continue in Washington

July 5, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·News

Israeli forces in southern Lebanon amid ceasefire dispute over IDF withdrawal 2026

Iran Says No Comprehensive Deal Without IDF Withdrawal From Lebanon. The US Disagrees.

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said in June that no comprehensive deal is possible while Israeli forces occupy southern Lebanon. The US says the MoU with Iran contains no such requirement —

July 3, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·Government and Politics·News

Iranian and US delegations at Burgenstock Switzerland talks June 2026

The Committee Overseeing Israel’s Lebanon Withdrawal Doesn’t Include Israel.

A Lebanon oversight committee from the Burgenstock talks includes Iran, the US, Lebanon, Qatar, and Pakistan — but not Israel, whose withdrawal it supervises. Ghalibaf designated Iran's representative after coordinating with Nabih

July 3, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·News

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Lebanon

UNESCO Places Occupied West Bank Sites and Lebanese Castles on Endangered Heritage List

Trump Lifts Four-Decade Ban on US Direct Flights to Lebanon

Lebanese Return to Villages Israel Never Occupied, Exposing Pilot Zone Limits

Lebanon’s Aoun Meets Rubio, Brings Hezbollah Disarmament Plan to Washington

Aoun Arrives in Washington to Press Trump on Israeli Withdrawal From Southern Lebanon

Lebanese Minister Says Framework Clause Renounces Country’s Moral Right to Seek Israeli Accountability

Erdogan Hosts Lebanese PM Salam in Istanbul as Turkey Seeks Post-Iran Lebanon Role

Israel Strikes Southern Lebanon Despite Framework Deal as Amnesty Demands War Crimes Probe

Israel to Return First Lebanese Territory as CENTCOM Coordinates Pilot Zone Withdrawal

IDF Kills Armed Individual in Southern Lebanon Security Zone as Ceasefire Talks Continue in Washington

IDF Kills Armed Individual in Southern Lebanon Security Zone as Ceasefire Talks Continue in Washington

Iran Says No Comprehensive Deal Without IDF Withdrawal From Lebanon. The US Disagrees.

The Committee Overseeing Israel’s Lebanon Withdrawal Doesn’t Include Israel.

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