Hezbollah terrorist organization urges Pope Leo XIV to reject Israeli "aggression" ahead of his Beirut visit, insisting it has respected the ceasefire despite its attempts to rearm.

Pope Leo visited Istanbul's Blue Mosque on Saturday, but was not welcomed by the head of Turkey's state-run religious organization despite earlier plans.

BEIRUT — Lebanon's prime minister criticized Hezbollah on Thursday for failing to disarm, saying that its refusal to do so is hurting the Lebanese people at a time when the country is trying to recover from the group’s war with Israel last year.

Yesterday marked the first anniversary of the ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon, which took effect on November 27, 2024. The agreement, brokered by five states including the United States, demanded the complete demilitarization of southern Lebanon and the disarmament of the Hezbollah militias.

The US ambassador to Lebanon says Israel doesn’t need US permission to defend itself and that Washington is pressuring Beirut to implement its decision to disarm the Hezbollah terror group.

The Lebanese army has intensified efforts along the border with Israel, focusing on areas that were once Hezbollah strongholds.

A monastery overlooking the Mediterranean will be one of the stops on Pope Leo XIV’s three-day visit to Lebanon, a country of complex sectarian politics and long-running conflict.

Troops take journalists on tour of terror group's underground network as military insists it is working hard to enforce the ceasefire The post Lebanon’s army displays underground Hezbollah sites amid push to dismantle them appeared first on The Times of Israel.

Deep in a rugged valley of southern Lebanon, a cave complex offers a small picture of the subterranean infrastructure Hezbollah relied on near the

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