#Lebanon

Dozens of US troops have been deployed to Cyprus to prepare for possible evacuations of American citizens from Lebanon, it was reported on Thursday. The troops add to a growing ...

Israel rejected proposals on Thursday for a ceasefire with Hezbollah, defying calls from allies including the United States for a halt in fighting. Israeli warplanes bombarded Lebanon, including a strike ...

The 700 troops, border force and foreign office officials the UK sent to Cyprus on Wednesday will help contingency planning for a range of scenarios as the crisis in Lebanon escalates, ...

Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati expressed hope that a ceasefire can be reached soon to end fighting between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah that has shaken his country and raised fears ...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati on Wednesday that the international community must urgently implement a solution to stop Israel’s aggression, the Turkish presidency said, ...

The volatile situation in the Middle East, its consequences, and methods for de-escalation were key topics during the meeting between President Nikos Christodoulides and Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati, on ...

The government on Wednesday said it was at its highest level of preparedness for evacuations from the region, as Britain announced 700 troops were being deployed to Cyprus to help UK ...

A protest is being organised outside the British bases in Akrotiri this Sunday, amid escalating violence in the Middle East. In a statement on Wednesday, the Cyprus Peace Council announced ...

Hezbollah’s flexible chain of command, together with its extensive tunnel network and a vast arsenal of missiles and weapons it has bolstered over the past year, is helping it ...

Israel widened its airstrikes in Lebanon on Wednesday and shot down a missile that the armed group Hezbollah said it had fired at the Mossad spy agency near Tel Aviv, ...

Protesters in some U.S. cities demonstrated against American military support for Israel as risks have risen of a full-fledged conflict in the Middle East, with anti-war activists demanding an ...

Israel’s military said it launched airstrikes against Hezbollah sites in Lebanon on Monday, which Lebanese authorities said had killed 492 people and sent tens of thousands fleeing for safety in ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Saturday called on both Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to put an “immediate end” to “actions which may lead to ...

U.N. peacekeepers in Lebanon urged immediate de-escalation as hostilities rumbled on at the Lebanese-Israeli border on Friday, following Israel’s most intense airstrikes in nearly a year of conflict ...

Israel bombed southern Lebanon on Thursday and said it had thwarted an Iran-backed assassination plot, a day after explosions of Hezbollah radios that came on the heels of blasts in ...

Over 100 British medical personnel have been deployed to the British bases in Cyprus as the UK prepares for possible evacuations from Lebanon, it was reported on Monday. Sources close to ...

Hezbollah launched hundreds of rockets and drones at Israel early on Sunday, as Israel’s military said it struck Lebanon with around 100 jets to thwart a larger attack, in one ...

The Canadian government and Cyprus have agreed on emergency evacuation procedures in the event that lives are threatened due to the escalating situation in the Middle East, it emerged on ...

There is a real risk of escalation in the conflict between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah, and Canadians should leave Lebanon while possible because Ottawa may not be able to evacuate ...

Cyprus is on standby to assist in the evacuation of Europeans and third-country nationals if conflict in the Middle East intensifies, deputy government spokesman Yiannis Antoniou said on Thursday. Israel’...

Lebanon on Monday received emergency medical supplies to equip its hospitals for possible war injuries and Beirut airport was teeming with people trying to leave the country amid fears a ...

The U.S. is deploying additional military might in the Middle East as a defensive measure with a goal of de-escalating tensions in the region, a White House official said. ...

The search and rescue coordination centres of Cyprus and Lebanon have signed a technical arrangement for cooperation, “strengthening the Republic’s efforts to become a crossroads of humanitarian operations to ...

Airlines are avoiding Iranian and Lebanese airspace and cancelling flights to Israel and Lebanon, as concerns grow over a possible conflict in the region after the killing of senior members ...