Ph. Smoke rises from Israeli bombardment near the village of Kfar Tibnit in southern Lebanon on June 14, 2026. AFP via Getty Images Mireille Rebeiz, Dickinson College The United States and Iran inked a long-awaited provisional ceasefire deal on June 17, 2026. After months of uncertainty, the people of the Gulf region can,
Andrew Gawthorpe, Leiden University Iran fired barrages of missiles at Israel for the first time in two months on June 7. The initial trigger was an Israeli strike against a Hezbollah target in the Lebanese capital of Beirut earlier that day, an attack that Donald Trump had only recently asked the Israeli prime
Marika Sosnowski, The University of Melbourne After weeks of bombardments in southern Lebanon that have killed more than 2,000 people and displaced more than one million residents, Israel has announced a ten-day ceasefire with Lebanon. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, however, vowed to keep Israeli troops in southern Lebanon to create a ten-kilometre
Ph. Israel has been pummeling Lebanon, including Beirut, for months. AP Photo/Bilal Hussein Asher Kaufman, University of Notre Dame Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah entered a 60-day ceasefire on Nov. 26, 2024, a move aimed at reducing tensions in the region more than a year into a multifront conflict. Under the
Vanessa Newby, Leiden University and Chiara Ruffa, Sciences Po The United Nations security council has expressed strong concern for the safety of peacekeepers in Lebanon after a series of incidents over the past week in which UN positions have come under fire from the Israel Defense Forces as they continue their push in
Hundreds of thousands of people are fleeing into civil war-torn Syria from Lebanon. Louai Beshara/AFP via Getty Images Nicholas R. Micinski, University of Maine and Kelsey Norman, Rice University A year of conflict has ushered in a new era of mass displacement in the Middle East. Since Hamas’ attack on Israel on Oct.
Vanessa Newby, Leiden University Israel has launched its sixth incursion into Lebanese territory since 1978. Here’s a timeline of how this seemingly unending conflict has evolved. 1970s: PLO occupation of south Lebanon The conflict in south Lebanon began in earnest in 1978 but the seeds were sown as early as 1970. In September
Ph. A picture of the secretary-general of Hezbollah Hassan Nasrallah is seen among the rubble following an Israeli air strike. Str-/picture alliance via Getty Images Mireille Rebeiz, Dickinson College Israel has killed the leader of the militant group Hezbollah in a airstrike in Beirut, marking a further escalation of hostilities in the region.
Hussein Abou Saleh, Sciences Po The devastating attack on Israel by Hamas on 7 October has transformed the Middle East, thrusting the Israeli-Palestinian question – considered a diplomatic side-issue for at least a decade – to the centre stage of the region’s geopolitics. Iran’s proxies have come out of these events emboldened, with
Lebanon’s central bank governor Riad Salame has said he will “align” with the government in negotiations with the IMF, appearing to end a months-long stand-off that has stalled crucial talks on a bailout for the crisis-hit country. Riad Salame, whose years in the job make him one of the world’s longest-serving central bank