Antoine Khoury

France's left-leaning daily Le Monde chose a telling headline for its Saturday edition: "Israel's offensive plunges Lebanon into chaos."

As residents flee Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon's anti-Hezbollah newspaper Nidaa Al-Watan has landed its sharpest blow yet against Hezbollah leader Sheikh Naim Qassem, comparing him directly to Yahya Sinwar, the Hamas commander whose strategy led Gaza to near-total destruction

Eurowings, the Lufthansa subsidiary, has extended the suspension of its flights to Beirut until March 28, according to an internal message sent to the airline's agents.

The Israeli military has issued a stark ultimatum to representatives of the Iranian regime operating in Lebanon: leave within 24 hours or face the consequences.

A major Israeli airstrike destroyed the headquarters of Jamaa Islamiya in the northern district of the Lebanese city of Sidon on Tuesday afternoon, according to the French-language daily L'Orient Le Jour. 

Israeli forces have destroyed the Beirut headquarters of Al Manar television and its affiliated radio station in strikes targeting the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital. For those who believe in genuine press freedom, the reaction should not be mourning,  it should be relief.

US-Iran indirect negotiations resumed Thursday in Geneva for a third round, described by Tehran as "intense and serious." 

Hussein bin Abdullah, the Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Jordan, on Monday chaired a meeting at Al Husseiniya Palace to discuss ways to advance Jordan’s financial technology (FinTech) sector, as the country seeks to position itself as a regional innovation hub.

Israeli airstrikes targeted Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley and the Ain al-Hilweh camp on Friday, killing more than 12 people in what appears to be a significant escalation in the ongoing confrontation along the Israel–Lebanon front.

A Hezbollah lawmaker, Ali Fayad, on Sunday warned the Lebanese government against setting “any timetable” or making “new commitments” regarding the disarmament of the Iran-backed group north of the Litani River, according to Lebanon’s state news agency.

Kuwait has added eight Lebanese hospitals to its national sanctions list over alleged links to terrorism, according to the Kuwaiti daily Al-Rai. The hospitals are all located in areas where Hezbollah is influential: southern Lebanon, the Bekaa Valley, and Beirut’s southern suburbs.

France’s foreign minister Jean-Noël Barrot arrived in Damascus on Thursday, marking the first stop of a regional tour at a time when Paris is reassessing its anti-jihadist strategy and closely monitoring rising tensions between the United States and Iran.