https://sagire.online/topic/lebanon/ Articles and notes where Lebanon is a central actor. en Thu, 05 Nov 2026 02:48:00 -0300 https://sagire.online/wire/b0d46f07/https://sagire.online/wire/b0d46f07/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 15:23:00 -0300Israeli air strikes and artillery fire hit the outskirts of the town of Aita al-Jabal, in southern Lebanon’s Bint Jbeil district, according to the Lebanese national news agency. Israeli forces also opened machine-gun fire toward the entrance of Kunin, a town in the same district.LebanonIsraelConflict https://sagire.online/wire/480f4b6a/https://sagire.online/wire/480f4b6a/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 14:22:00 -0300France has opened a judicial investigation into a war crimes complaint over an Israeli strike on a residential building in Lebanon, according to the complainant’s lawyer, Clemence Bectarte, speaking to AFP. French-Lebanese artist Ali Cherri, whose parents were killed in the Beirut strike in 2024, filed the complaint as a civil party this year with the International Federation for Human Rights. The crimes against humanity unit of the Paris Judicial Court appointed two investigating judges to the case, a decision the lawyer called “a first.”FranceIsraelLebanonInternational justice https://sagire.online/wire/d2b87d26/https://sagire.online/wire/d2b87d26/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 07:21:00 -0300Lebanon's Labor Minister Mohammad Haidar, who was appointed by Hezbollah, visited Syria on Monday with three other Lebanese ministers, the first time a member of the group has been formally welcomed in Damascus since the fall of the Assad regime. The delegation, led by Deputy Prime Minister Tarek Mitri, discussed refugee returns, border security, education and bilateral cooperation. Haidar said the trip is ministerial work with no partisan link.LebanonSyriaHezbollahDiplomacy https://sagire.online/wire/75616269/https://sagire.online/wire/75616269/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 07:21:00 -0300The French judiciary opened a judicial investigation into a war crimes complaint over an Israeli strike on a residential building in Lebanon, according to a lawyer who spoke to AFP on Tuesday. The crimes against humanity unit of the Paris Judicial Court appointed two investigating judges to the case, a move the lawyer described as a first. The complaint, seen by AFP, concerns the November 26, 2024 bombing that killed seven civilians, including Cherri's parents, aged 87 and 77, in a 12-story building in central Beirut; three floors were destroyed.FranceInternational justiceLebanonIsrael https://sagire.online/lebanon-frozen-count/https://sagire.online/lebanon-frozen-count/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 03:22:00 -0300Strikes on the south and drones over Beirut, no negotiations anywhere, and an Israeli press report detailing occupation plans for Tyre, Sidon and Nabatieh. Meanwhile the Health Ministry’s death toll froze at 4,389 across 18 days of bombing — a count that stopped moving while the war did not.LebanonIsraelIranHezbollah https://sagire.online/wire/bf37acd4/https://sagire.online/wire/bf37acd4/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 19:22:00 -0300Israel has asked the Lebanese government to deploy troops to set up roadblocks in areas where Hezbollah operatives live, to prevent the group from joining a new war with Iran, according to an Israeli broadcaster cited by The Times of Israel. The request was relayed by US mediators, with the warning that fighting in Lebanon will flare up again if Hezbollah attacks Israel.IsraelLebanonHezbollahIranMiddle East https://sagire.online/wire/7f2b9e29/https://sagire.online/wire/7f2b9e29/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 17:22:00 -0300The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), created in 1978, has around 7,500 peacekeepers from 46 countries and a mandate until December 31, 2026, with personnel due to leave over the following year and their positions gradually handed over to the Lebanese army, according to RT. The decision to end the mission followed pressure from the United States and Israel, which accuse the force of failing to contain Hezbollah, and a resident of the south told RT that UNIFIL failed to protect local residents but he warned that the absence of peacekeepers would create a “security vacuum” that Israel would seek to exploit.LebanonUnited NationsIsraelMiddle East https://sagire.online/wire/cefd664a/https://sagire.online/wire/cefd664a/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 10:23:00 -0300Lebanon’s agriculture minister, Nizar Hani, said Israeli attacks have caused over US$1 billion in agricultural losses in the country and damaged nearly a quarter of the farmland, or about 56,000 hectares. According to the minister, the cumulative damaged agricultural area reached 49,564 hectares, around 22% of the farmland, mostly in the South and Nabatieh governorates.LebanonIsraelConflict https://sagire.online/wire/20521783/https://sagire.online/wire/20521783/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 02:21:00 -0300Israeli artillery shelling hit Sarbine, Al-Mansouri, Kafr Tibnit, Al-Qantara, Beit Yahoun, Bani Hayyan and Al-Qusair in southern Lebanon, according to field sources. Israeli forces also set off an explosion in the town of Ainatha, according to the Lebanese news agency.LebanonIsraelMiddle EastConflict https://sagire.online/wire/a9140e2c/https://sagire.online/wire/a9140e2c/Sun, 01 Nov 2026 13:21:00 -0300The Catholic priest Samir Daou was murdered in his home and stabbed more than 20 times, and robbed of his personal possessions, including his wallet, car and clothes, according to the Jerusalem Post. Daou's family found his body inside a house he owned in Ain Jrain, in the Jbeil district, with visible traces of blood, L'Orient Today reported. The killing sparked sectarian outrage and calls for the deportation of Syrians, according to Lebanese media reports.LebanonThe LevantPublic security https://sagire.online/wire/1b7dec12/https://sagire.online/wire/1b7dec12/Sun, 01 Nov 2026 07:22:00 -0300A Lebanese military court charged 13 people linked to Hezbollah with trafficking explosives, amid growing pressure on the Iran-backed group to disarm, according to Al Jazeera. The seized vehicle was carrying 780 kg (1,720 pounds) of explosives, including 250 kg (550 pounds) of TNT and 250 kg (550 pounds) of C-4, according to judicial officials. Hezbollah acknowledged owning the explosives and said they were intended for use against Israel, which continues to occupy large parts of southern Lebanon.LebanonHezbollahMiddle EastJusticeConflict https://sagire.online/wire/5418b2cc/https://sagire.online/wire/5418b2cc/Sun, 01 Nov 2026 00:24:00 -0300Hezbollah is unlikely to join a war between the United States and Iran if the two countries resume military operations against each other, unless Iran’s leadership faces an existential threat, according to a report by the United Arab Emirates state-owned outlet The National cited by the Jerusalem Post. According to Lebanese security personnel briefed on the group’s activities, Hezbollah spent at least three months preparing for a resumption of hostilities with Israel after receiving an infusion of cash from Iran.LebanonIranIsraelHezbollahUnited StatesMiddle EastConflict https://sagire.online/wire/290cd74e/https://sagire.online/wire/290cd74e/Sat, 31 Oct 2026 06:22:00 -0300A Lebanese military court has charged 13 people it says are linked to Hezbollah with trafficking in explosives. The individuals were charged with offenses including possessing weapons, undermining state security and forming illegal associations, Lebanese state media reported. The vehicle seized at the Dahr al-Baydar checkpoint had been carrying 780kg (1,720 pounds) of explosives, including 250kg (550 pounds) of TNT and 250kg (550 pounds) of C-4 plastic explosives, according to judicial officials. Hezbollah later acknowledged that the explosives belonged to the group and said they were intended for use against Israeli forces in southern Lebanon, according to Arab News.LebanonHezbollahJusticeMiddle EastIsrael https://sagire.online/wire/ac64edba/https://sagire.online/wire/ac64edba/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 19:23:00 -0300Israeli troops have intensified attacks in southern Lebanon, blowing up homes and other structures while carrying out artillery shelling and machine-gun fire in several areas, according to the Lebanese National News Agency (NNA), cited by TRT World. Israeli forces carried out extensive machine-gun fire over the towns of Khiam and Qantara and set homes on fire in Qantara, according to the NNA. On Wednesday, Israeli forces bulldozed, shelled and demolished homes across southern Lebanon, with drones over Beirut and its southern suburbs, in the latest violation of a US-mediated framework agreement, according to the NNA, as reported by Anadolu Agency.LebanonIsraelMiddle EastConflict https://sagire.online/wire/033c3346/https://sagire.online/wire/033c3346/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 13:23:00 -0300A judge at a Lebanese military court charged 13 people over a truck carrying explosives belonging to Hezbollah that authorities seized earlier this month, state media reported. Two of the defendants were arrested when the shipment was seized and are in custody. The others remain at large and were charged in absentia, five of them listed only by nicknames. The truck was stopped at a checkpoint on the main highway linking Beirut with the eastern Bekaa Valley and was carrying 780 kilograms of explosives, including 250 kilograms of TNT and 250 kilograms of C-4, according to judicial officials.LebanonHezbollahMiddle EastJustice