The Latest Breaking News from Lebanon

The UN Security Council is set to vote Thursday on the future of the blue helmet peacekeeping mission in south Lebanon, which has faced US and Israeli opposition.

The Security Council scheduled a vote Thursday on a resolution that would end the more than four-decade operation of the U.N. peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon on Dec. 31, 2025

Protesters decry Tom Barrack visit amid Hezbollah disarmament push, warning to journalists not to act ‘animalistic’.

Barrack was in the Middle East to discuss the Lebanese government’s plans to disarm Hezbollah by the end of the year

Tom Barrack’s remarks to journalists trigger calls for an apology and media boycott.

The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (Unifil) is seen by many as an essential peacekeeping buffer between Israel, Lebanon and Hezbollah. But Israeli pressure, US doubts over Unifil’s cost-effectiveness and the fragile state of Lebanon’s politics means there is a risk that instead of being renewed on August 31…

Tom Barrack says Beirut will set out plan on Sunday. Hezbollah has rejected it as Israel continues attacks.

Saudi Arabia and Qatar are ready to invest in an economic zone in south Lebanon

Amnesty said more than 10,000 civilian structures were destroyed by Israel – many of them after the ceasefire.

Naim Qassem says group will not abandon weapons ‘that protect us from our enemy’, insists on end to Israeli attacks.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he welcomes the Lebanese cabinet’s “momentous decision” earlier this month to work towards the disarmament of Hezbollah by the end of 2025