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Israel says US backs striking Beirut suburbs if Hezbollah attacks
Israel warned Tuesday that its US ally would not restrain it from striking Hezbollah's bastions in Beirut's suburbs if the Iran-backed group continues to target northern Israeli t…
Israel, Hezbollah exchange fire after Trump announcement
Israel conducted strikes on south Lebanon and Hezbollah fired into northern Israel on Tuesday, after US President Donald Trump announced an agreement to halt attacks that neither …
In France's poor, diverse suburbs, Melenchon's hard left charts a path to the presidency
By Elizabeth PineauSARCELLES, France, June 2 (Reuters) - When Bassi Konate became mayor of Sarcelles this spring, the independent candidate backed by the hard-left France Unbowed …
Vital to keep a UN force in Lebanon after current peacekeepers depart: Guterres
UN chief Antonio Guterres said Monday that peacekeepers will be needed in Lebanon after the mandate of the current mission expires at year-end -- an option likely to face oppositi…
Euphrates flood deprives east Syria farmers from crops
Farmer Issa al-Moussa walks among his damaged wheat crop in eastern Syria after the nearby Euphrates River flooded in recent days due to heavy rainfall and increased flows from Tu…
Hezbollah accepts U.S. proposal for mutual halt to attacks with Israel, Lebanese embassy says
BEIRUT, June 1 (Reuters) - Lebanon's embassy in Washington said in a statement on Monday that Hezbollah had accepted a U.S. proposal for a mutual cessation of hostilities that wou…
'We are in a war,' alleged Iran-backed militant exclaims in US court
By Luc CohenNEW YORK, June 1 (Reuters) - An alleged member of an Iran-backed militia pleaded not guilty on Monday to U.S. criminal charges he was involved in multiple attacks agai…
Trump says Israel, Hezbollah agree to halt fighting
US President Donald Trump said Monday that Israel and Hezbollah had agreed to stop fighting, adding that Iran talks were moving rapidly after seeming to be on the rocks over Israe…
Trump says Hezbollah, Israel agree to stop fighting after call with Netanyahu
Neither Hezbollah nor Israel has confirmed the ceasefire announced by President Donald Trump, who made the declaration after Iran's IRGC threatened a major attack on northern Isra…
Trump says no Israeli troops will go to Beirut after call with Netanyahu
June 1 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that Israel would send no troops to Beirut after a call he held with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. "I ha…
