Wearing cumbersome visors that extend below the chin and heavy red protective suits in the scorching summer heat, Hussein Jaafar and his team of munitions disposal experts carefully search a steep hillside near Ras El Ain in southern Lebanon.

In Israel, the Druze are seen as a loyal minority and often serve in the military. In Syria, the Druze have been divided over how to deal with the country's new leaders, with some advocating for integrating into the new system while others have remained suspicious of the authorities in Damascus and pushed for an autonomous Druze region.

Israel has been conducting near-daily strikes against what it says are Hezbollah targets as the Iranian-backed group comes under pressure to disarm amid fears of a renewed war.

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon has no plans to have normal relations with Israel at the present time, and Beirut’s main aim is to reach a “state of no war” with its southern neighbor, the country’s president said Friday.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said the Damascus headquarters served as a command center for deploying regime forces to Suwayda, a southern Syrian region gripped by days of deadly clashes between government troops, Druze militias, and Bedouin groups.

Military says targets in northeastern Beqaa Valley include Radwan unit facilities where military activity was taking place in 'blatant violation' of November ceasefire The post Israel hits elite Hezbollah force attempting to regroup deep inside Lebanon appeared first on The Times of Israel.

A Lebanese A-29 Super Tucano student pilot and a U.S. instructor pilot train in 2017 at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. The State Department approved a $100 million sale to Lebanon on July 11, 2025, for delivery of parts, equipment and logistical support for the country's Super Tucano planes. (Zachary Wolf/U.S. Air Force)

Shelah described the reality of the war in Gaza as “soldiers dying and great exhaustion for the army.” Referring to plans to displace Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, Shelah affirmed that, contrary to what some Israeli figures hope,