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Lebanese President Joseph Aoun attends a joint press conference with French President Emmanuel Macron, at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, March 28, 2025.

Lebanon to disarm Hezbollah 'step by step,' says President Aoun

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Lebanon's newly appointed central bank governor Karim Souaid takes office in a handover ceremony in Beirut, Lebanon April 4, 2025.

Lebanon central bank must counter money laundering and terrorist financing, new governor says

HEZBOLLAH LEADER Naim Qassem delivers a televised speech from an unknown location earlier this month. He has reaffirmed the legal and moral justification for Hezbollah’s ‘resistance,’ the writer notes.

Hezbollah chief: Hezbollah has fully adhered to ceasefire deal, Israel has not

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Jerusalem Post visited various spots near the border with Lebanon in order to see and hear from soldiers and northern residents how their lives have improved since the ceasefire, and whether they still feel safe after the IDF withdrawl

‘If we got rid of Hezbollah, we wouldn’t need five outposts,’ Kiryat Shmona Spokesman says

By YONAH JEREMY BOB

Member of the Lebanese army stands at the entrance of Deir Mimas, Southern Lebanon, February 17, 2025

Lebanese government to seek new IMF program, policy statement says

By REUTERS

A plane is seen on the tarmac of Beirut-Rafic Al Hariri International Airport, Lebanon. October 15, 2024.

Iranian plane refused landing in Lebanon after IDF threat

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Hezbollah and Syrian flags flutter on a military vehicle in Western Qalamoun, Syria August 28, 2017.

Fresh clashes expose Syria’s lingering Lebanon problem

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

The Commanding Officer of the Home Front Command, Maj.-Gen. Rafi Milo, recently toured the northern evacuated communities along the Lebanese border

IDF implements security measures in North

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

A CROWD in Tehran watches an address, on the screen by Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, in November. Hezbollah is virtually a state within a state, sucking the lifeblood out of Lebanon at the instigation of Iran, says the writer.

Hezbollah is not defeated and is re-emerging in Lebanon

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

IDF operating in Lebanon, published January 16, 2024

At least 22 killed as IDF fires on suspects returning to southern Lebanon

By YONAH JEREMY BOB

Hamas's exiled leader Khaled Meshaal (L) sits next to Lebanese Hezbollah MP Mohammed Raad at the Arab and international forum in support of resistance movements in Beirut on January 15, 2009

Hezbollah lawmaker says Lebanese opponents are working to exclude the group

By REUTERS , JERUSALEM POST STAFF

US politician Bernie Sanders at the launch of his book "It's Okay to Be Angry at Capitalism" at the House of World Cultures in Berlin, Oct. 12, 2023.

Bernie Sanders receives a vote for president of Lebanon as army chief wins

By BEN SALES/JTA

Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri and Lebanon's army chief Joseph Aoun stand after Aoun is elected as the country's President at the parliament building in Beirut, Lebanon, January 9, 2025.

Who is Joseph Aoun, the Lebanese army commander elected president?

By REUTERS

IDF troops of the 300th Brigade operate in southern Lebanon. January 8, 2024.

IDF discovers Hezbollah weaponry hidden in mountains of southern Lebanon

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Soldiers from the Commando Brigade operate in southern Lebanon, October 5, 2024.

Biden admin: If Lebanese Army deployment continues, no reason for IDF to stay

By AMICHAI STEIN

An illustrative image of a Hezbollah flag in the backdrop of an individual holding a weapon.

'Day 61 will be different': Hezbollah official states group will not tolerate IDF in Lebanon

By YONAH JEREMY BOB , JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Members of Hezbollah stand in front of an image of Fuad Shukr, a senior Hezbollah commander who was killed by an Israeli strike on Tuesday, during his funeral in Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon August 1, 2024.

How Hezbollah's Fuad Shukr's four affairs led to his elimination

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

IDF operational activity in Lebanon (Illustrative.)

IDF reveals military achievements against Hezbollah after Lebanon ceasefire