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Lebanon blames Israel for anti-Hezbollah telecoms hacking

Associated Press

This frame grab from video provided by the Syrian anti-government activist group Ghouta Media Center, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows flames rising after an explosion near an airport west of Damascus, Syria, Thursday, April 27, 2017. Syria's state media reported Thursday that Israel has attacked a military installation near the Damascus International Airport. SANA says Israel fired several missiles from inside the occupied Golan Heights south of the capital at a military installation near the capital's main airport, triggering several explosions and causing damage. (Ghouta Media Center via AP)

Israeli strikes inside Syria pick up tempo in proxy war

By PHILIP ISSA and ZEINA KARAM - Associated Press

In this image provided by the U.S. Navy, the guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) launches a tomahawk land attack missile in the Mediterranean Sea, Friday, April 7, 2017. The United States blasted a Syrian air base with a barrage of cruise missiles in fiery retaliation for this week's gruesome chemical weapons attack against civilians. (Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Ford Williams/U.S. Navy via AP)

The Latest: US calls for transparency in UN Syria summit

Associated Press

Nikki Haley, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, gave a forceful condemnation of the latest chemical weapons attack on Syrian civilians. Meanwhile, the Trump administration was confronting another foreign policy crisis over North Korean missiles. (Associated Press)

The Latest: Netanyahu welcomes US attack on Syria base

Associated Press

In this Wednesday, March 29, 2017 photo, an Israeli soldier looks out a window during a drill at an Army base near Elyakim, Israel. Between myriad concrete buildings with Arabic graffiti that are designed to simulate a typical Lebanese village, dozens of Israeli officers are gearing up for their next battle with Hezbollah guerrillas in the wake of rising tensions between the old adversaries. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

Israel prepares for next war with Hezbollah in mock village

By ARON HELLER - Associated Press

File - In this Tuesday, March 1, 2016 file photo, American servicemen and Israeli soldiers participate in a joint drill simulating a rocket attack at a base in Hatzor, central Israel. Israel is making contingency plans to evacuate up to a quarter million people from communities along the Gaza and Lebanese borders to get them away from missile attacks if war erupts again with Hamas or Hezbollah. The mass evacuations would be the biggest in Israel's history, part of a bigger plan where the army works with municipalities to keep civilians safe. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner, File)

Israel plans mass evacuation if war erupts again

By IAN DEITCH - Associated Press

Israeli army chief: Hezbollah leader killed by his own men

By JOSEF FEDERMAN - Associated Press

Israel warns Syria after exchange of fire

Associated Press

This Thursday, Dec. 29, 2016 photo shows an Israeli Air Force F-15 plane in flight during a graduation ceremony for new pilots in the Hatzerim air force base near the city of Beersheba, Israel. Anti-aircraft missiles were launched from Syria into Israeli-controlled territory early on Friday, following a series of Israeli airstrikes inside Syria, the Israeli military said. The military said its warplanes struck several targets in Syria and were back in Israeli-controlled airspace when several anti-aircraft missiles were launched from Syria toward the Israeli jets. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Syria fires missiles at Israeli jets after airstrikes

By IAN DEITCH - Associated Press

FILE -- In this Oct. 20, 2016 file photo, Christian leader Michel Aoun speaks to journalists in Beirut, Lebanon. The newly elected Lebanese President Michel Aoun arrived in Egypt for the first time since his inauguration, shortly after defending the militant group Hezbollah's arms role in a Sunday interview with Egyptian TV network CBC. Aoun's visit is the first for the former army commander to Egypt in 55 years. He was elected in October after a 29-month vacuum in the country's top post. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)

Lebanese president in Egypt, day after defending Hezbollah

By MAGGIE MICHAEL - Associated Press

In this Tuesday Jan. 10, 2017 photo released by Saudi Press Agency, SPA, and made available today, President Michel Aoun of Lebanon, waves during his visit to the Lebanon embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (Saudi Press Agency via AP)

Lebanese leader defends Iran ties after Saudi visit

By ABDULLAH AL-SHIHRI - Associated Press

This photo provided by the Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows Civil Defense workers walk past damaged buildings after airstrikes hit in Abian Saman town, in rural western Aleppo province, Syria, Saturday, Nov. 5, 2016. Despite a halt in airstrikes in eastern Aleppo city, there has been an intense aerial bombing campaign in the western Aleppo countryside and nearby Idlib province. Rebels say the strikes are an attempt to sever the supply lines of the rebels, waging an offensive on government-held western Aleppo. (Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets via AP)

Iran commands 25,000 militants in Syria

By L. Todd Wood

A worker hangs a billboard showing Christian leader Michel Aoun with Arabic that reads &quot;For all Lebanon,&quot; in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, Sunday, Oct. 30, 2016. Aoun, an 81-year-old veteran Christian politician, is set to be elected by Parliament on Monday as part of a political deal that's expected to be another boost for President Bashar Assad in neighboring Syria. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)

Michel Aoun elected as Lebanese president, ending vacuum

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

Lebanon’s ex-PM Hariri backs Hezbollah’s ally for president

By BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

Hezbollah fighters swear the oath of allegiance to their group during a ceremony marking the death of Hezbollah commander Mustafa Badreddine, who was killed in an explosion, in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon. (Associated Press)

Hezbollah using Syrian civil war to prepare for war with Israel

By L. Todd Wood

Hezbollah fighters swear the oath of allegiance to their group during a ceremony marking the death of Hezbollah commander Mustafa Badreddine, who was killed in an explosion, in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon. (Associated Press)

Hezbollah moving ‘tons of cocaine’ in Latin America, Europe to finance terror operations

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Illustration on the effects of cutting hezbollah funding on its operations by Alexandwer Hunter/The Washington Times

JONATHAN SCHANZER: Putting Hezbollah ‘out of business’

By Jonathan Schanzer

Pictures of slain top commander Mustafa Badreddine, who was killed in Syria, hang during his funeral procession in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, May 13, 2016. Badreddine died in an explosion in Damascus, a death that is a major blow to the Shiite group, which has played a significant role in the conflict next door. Arabic reads, "The martyr commander Mustafa Badreddine."(AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

L. TODD WOOD: Israel most likely killed Hezbollah leader in Syria

By L. Todd Wood

This undated handout image released on Friday, May 13, 2016, by Hezbollah Media Department, shows slain top military commander Mustafa Badreddine smiling during a meeting. Lebanon's militant Hezbollah group said its top military commander Mustafa Badreddine was killed in Syria. (Hezbollah Media Department via AP)

Mustafa Badreddine, top Lebanese Hezbollah military commander, killed in Syria

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

L. TODD WOOD: Hezbollah acquires advance Russian air-defense systems

By L. Todd Wood