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Lebanese citizens watch Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah speak on television as black smoke rises following Israeli attacks on a Hezbollah stronghold in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, on July 16, 2006. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian, File)

Some Lebanese who fear war is coming have an unusual backup plan: Moving to Syria

By Abby Sewell - Associated Press

Patients and families move outside the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al Balah, Gaza Strip, Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

White House says Cairo talks remain on course for Gaza cease-fire and hostage release

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

An Israeli Apache helicopter flies over Israel, Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Israel and Hezbollah trade heavy fire before pulling back, jolting a region braced for war

By Josef Federman and Abby Sewell - Associated Press

A man looks at a damaged window of a house following an attack from Lebanon, in Acre, north Israel, Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Israel strikes southern Lebanon, says to thwart impending Hezbollah attack

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

A man reacts at an industrial area destroyed by an Israeli airstrike, in Wadi al-Kfour, Nabatieh province, south Lebanon, Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024.(AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)

A woman and her 2 children are among 10 killed in an Israeli strike in southern Lebanon

Associated Press

Relatives and supporters of Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza hold photos of their loved ones during a protest calling for their return in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, Aug. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Mediators are set to hold new Gaza cease-fire talks, hoping to head off an even wider war

By Abby Sewell and Tia Goldenberg - Associated Press

Iran's response to Israel's assassination of Ismail Haniyeh illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

Iran’s crisis of humiliation: Planning its response to Israel

By Abraham Wagner

FILE -Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant attend a press conference in the Kirya military base in Tel Aviv, Israel, Oct. 28, 2023. (Abir Sultan/Pool Photo via AP, File)

A new round of Gaza cease-fire talks is starting. Why is a deal so elusive?

By Tia Goldenberg and Samy Magdy - Associated Press

In this photo released by the Lebanese Parliament media office, Senior Advisor to U.S. President Joe Biden, Amos Hochstein, left meets with the Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024. (Hassan Ibrahim, Lebanese Parliament media office via AP)

U.S. envoy visits Lebanon and warns that regional tensions could easily slip ‘out of control’

By Kareem Chehayeb - Associated Press

Members from the Popular Mobilization Forces attend the funeral of fighters from Kataib Hezbollah, who were killed in a U.S. airstrike in Babil province southwest of Baghdad, Iraq, July 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban, File)

Proxy forces armed by Iran could take part in retaliation against Israel over Hamas leader’s killing

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

Israel and America illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Israel’s future is America’s future

By Newt Gingrich

The Israeli Iron Dome air defense system fires to intercept an attack from Lebanon over the Galilee region as seen from the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

The Middle East is a mess. What will happen next?

By Dr. Hormoz Shariat – Special to Higher Ground

A man rests on the beach in Haifa, Israel, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2024. Israel and Lebanon are the closest they have been to a full-fledged war after nearly 10 months of low-intensity cross-border exchanges. People on both sides of the border are girding for an escalation after the killings of two militant leaders in Beirut and Tehran, as worry and fatigue over a conflict with no end in sight sets in. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

In Israel and Lebanon, life goes on even as the region teeters on the edge of all-out war

By Melanie Lidman and Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

Palestinians inspect the damage at a tent area in the courtyard of Al Aqsa Martyrs hospital, hit by an Israeli bombardment on Deir al-Balah, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

U.S., allies prepare to defend Israel as Netanyahu says it’s already in ‘multi-front war’ with Iran

By Natalie Melzer and Samy Magdy - Associated Press

In this photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, third right, leads a prayer over the coffins of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh and his bodyguard who were killed in an assassination blamed on Israel on Wednesday, during their funeral ceremony at the Tehran University campus, in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian prays at second right. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)

Hezbollah leader: War with Israel has entered ‘new phase’ after killings of top militant figures

By Abby Sewell and Kareem Chehayeb - Associated Press

FILE - Residents rush to help injured children moments after a rocket attack hit a soccer field in the Druze town of Majdal Shams in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, Saturday, July 27, 2024. Two back-to-back strikes in Beirut and Tehran, both attributed to Israel and targeting high-ranking figures in Hezbollah and Hamas, have left Hezbollah and Iran in a quandary. (AP Photo/Hassan Shams, File)

UN’s complicity in terror murders the 12 Druze children all over again

By Danielle Ofek – Special to Higher Ground

Hamas members attend a protest to condemn the killing of Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh, at al-Bass Palestinian refugee camp, in the southern port city of Tyre, Lebanon, Wednesday, July 31, 2024. Haniyeh, Hamas' political chief in exile who landed on Israel's hit list after the militant group staged its surprise Oct. 7 attacks, was killed in an airstrike in the Iranian capital early Wednesday. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)

Two strikes on militant leaders risk inflaming a Middle East on edge

By Melanie Lidman and Samy Magdy - Associated Press

Hamas members hold a poster of Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh during a protest to condemn his killing, at al-Bass Palestinian refugee camp, in the southern port city of Tyre, Lebanon, Wednesday, July 31, 2024. Haniyeh, Hamas' political chief in exile who landed on Israel's hit list after the militant group staged its surprise Oct. 7 attacks, was killed in an airstrike in the Iranian capital early Wednesday. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)

9 things to know: 2 terrorist leaders assassinated in Beirut and Tehran

By Jonathan Feldstein – Special to Higher Ground

Hezbollah and Israel illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

War of attrition: U.S. can deter Hezbollah by showing support for Israel

By David Daoud

An Israeli military officer walks past destroyed children's bicycles at the site of a rocket attack in the Druze town of Majdal Shams, in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, Saturday, July 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Gil Eliyahu)

Israel says it has struck Beirut targeting the commander accused in deaths of 12 children and teens

By Bassem Mroue and Tia Goldenberg - Associated Press