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3 weeks ago | 
bostonglobe.com | Euan Ward |Aaron Boxerman
BEIRUT — The Israeli military launched airstrikes in the southern outskirts of Beirut on Friday for the first time since a US-brokered ceasefire came into effect in November, shattering months of tense calm in the Lebanese capital and stoking fears of a further escalation. The bombardment came after rockets were fired at northern Israel from Lebanese territory earlier in the day, setting off air raid sirens in three communities near the border.
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1 month ago | 
businessandamerica.com | Euan Ward |Malachy Browne |Sanjana Varghese
Hundreds of civilians have sought refuge at a Russian air base on Syria’s coast, satellite imagery reveals, as thousands have fled violent unrest that the United Nations said on Tuesday appeared to have been driven by sectarianism.
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1 month ago | 
nytimes.com | Euan Ward |Malachy Browne
Hundreds of civilians have sought refuge at a Russian air base on Syria's coast, satellite imagery reveals, as thousands have fled violent clashes and a crackdown by government-aligned fighters that has plunged the region into turmoil.
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1 month ago | 
miamiherald.com | Christina Goldbaum |Euan Ward
DAMASCUS, Syria -- The Kurdish-led militia that controls northeastern Syria agreed Monday to merge with the country’s new government, marking a breakthrough for Damascus in its efforts to unify a country wrestling still with violent turmoil.
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1 month ago | 
nytimes.com | Christina Goldbaum |Euan Ward
The Kurdish-led militia that controls northeast Syria agreed on Monday to merge with the country's new government, marking a major breakthrough for Damascus in its efforts to unify a country wrestling with violent turmoil.
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2 months ago | 
nytimes.com | Euan Ward |Hwaida Saad
For months after the Israel-Hezbollah war that devastated southern Lebanon, the Alawieh family would visit a hillside near their ruined home to catch whatever glimpse they could of what remained. Their olive trees were gone. So were their goats, and the lemon and fig orchards that had taken years to bear fruit. Their house was just a pile of rubble. Israel had agreed to a Jan. 26 deadline - two months after a cease-fire took effect - to withdraw its remaining forces from southern Lebanon.
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2 months ago | 
kansas.com | Patrick Kingsley |Euan Ward
The Israeli military said Monday that it will keep forces in five locations in southern Lebanon after a deadline for its full withdrawal lapses Tuesday. The announcement raised fears of a resurgence in violence in southern Lebanon between Israel and Hezbollah. After more than a year of war, the two sides reached a ceasefire in late November that was contingent on both Israel and Hezbollah ceding control of southern Lebanon to the Lebanese military by the end of January.
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2 months ago | 
nytimes.com | Patrick Kingsley |Euan Ward
The Israeli military said on Monday that it will keep forces in five locations in southern Lebanon after a deadline for its full withdrawal lapses on Tuesday. The announcement raised fears of a resurgence in violence in southern Lebanon between Israel and Hezbollah. After more than a year of war, the two sides reached a cease-fire in late November that was contingent on both Israel and Hezbollah ceding control of southern Lebanon to the Lebanese military by the end of January.
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2 months ago | 
nytimes.com | Christina Goldbaum |Isabel Kershner |Euan Ward |Thomas Fuller
The cease-fires in Lebanon and Gaza appeared increasingly fragile on Sunday after Israeli forces killed scores of people in southern Lebanon, Lebanese officials said, while in Gaza, Israel prevented Palestinians from moving back to their homes, saying Hamas had violated the terms of the truce. In Lebanon, negotiators had hoped that the cease-fire, which was signed in November, would become permanent, securing a measure of calm in a turbulent region.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
hawaiitribune-herald.com | Euan Ward
BEIRUT — Lebanon’s fractured parliament overcame more than two years of gridlock Thursday to select a new president, a critical step toward bringing stability to a country attempting to recover from economic catastrophe and a devastating war. Lawmakers elected Gen. Joseph Aoun, the commander of the Lebanese military, by an overwhelming majority in the second round of voting, with 99 votes in the 128-seat parliament, after he failed in the initial round.
