new video loaded: Pope Leo XIV Delivers Message of Peace in Lebanon transcript Back transcript Pope Leo XIV Delivers Message of Peace in Lebanon The pope ended his first international tour presiding over a waterfront mass to thousands at the site of a 2020 Beirut port explosion, which killed hundreds. The Middle East needs new […]
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Pope Leo urges unity on day two of Lebanon visit | Conflict News
Pope Leo has called for “coexistence” during the second day of his visit to Lebanon, gathering clerics from across the religious spectrum on both sides of a former civil war dividing line, and appealing for unity in a region fractured by violence. Standing in Martyrs’ Square on Monday, a site that once marked the “green […]
Olive farmers face danger, neglect after Israel’s war in southern Lebanon | Israel attacks Lebanon
Marjayoun district, Lebanon – In his southern Lebanese hometown of Hula, a few metres away from the border with Israel, Khairallah Yaacoub walks through his olive grove. Khairallah is harvesting the olives, even though there aren’t many this year. The orchard, which once contained 200 olive trees and dozens of other fruit-bearing trees, is now […]
Israel is intensifying attacks on Lebanon, is it planning another war? | Israel attacks Lebanon
For months, Israel has threatened another military escalation against Lebanon, claiming it would be a punishment for the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) not moving quickly enough to disarm Hezbollah. But analysts told Al Jazeera that Lebanon’s government and army have undertaken to disarm the group, which has fought Israel several times since the 1980s, most […]
Lebanon’s Aoun says army to confront Israeli forces after deadly incursion | Israel attacks Lebanon News
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun has instructed the armed forces to confront any further Israeli incursion in the country’s south after Israeli forces crossed their shared border and killed a municipal worker during an overnight raid. The pivotal announcement was made on Thursday after days of Israeli attacks on Lebanese territory in near-daily Israeli violations of […]