Israel and Iran-backed terror group Hezbollah agreed to a ceasefire after two months of all-out war that sent tensions soaring across the Middle East. A bomb dropped from an Israeli jet prepares to hit a building in Tayouneh, Beirut, Lebanon.(AP) The ceasefire is aimed at facilitating the peaceful withdrawal of Israeli troops from southern Lebanon…
More than a year after the start of the war between Israel and the Hezbollah militia in Lebanon, an agreement on a ceasefire could be imminent, according to Lebanese Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib. “In principle, [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu agreed and we are agreed as a government,” Bou Habib told Italian television station…
By Hannah Confino and Laila Bassam Israel says it’s moving closer to Lebanon ceasefire JERUSALEM/BEIRUT – A senior Israeli official said on Monday Israel’s cabinet would meet on Tuesday to weigh a ceasefire deal with Hezbollah that could be cemented in coming days, and a Lebanese official said Beirut had been told by Washington that…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday dismissed U.S. President-elect Donald Trump‘s idea for a swift peace settlement between Ukraine and Russia, warning that a rushed agreement would harm Kyiv. Zelensky’s comments came as he addressed journalists in Budapest, where he was attending a European leaders’ summit. Trump, who secured his second presidential term this week,…