A commerical plane was filmed taking off from Beirut International Airport as Israel said it completed a “wave of strikes on Hezbollah command centers in Beirut” on March 3.The Israel Defense Forces

For the Muslim world's Shiite minority, 86-year-old Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was more than just Iran's theocratic ruler since 1989. He was also one of their most prominent religious and political figures.

Israel has sent troops into southern Lebanon and told residents of more than 80 villages to evacuate as the Iran-backed militant Hezbollah group said it was ready for an “open war” with Israel in the wake of the U.

The Israeli military said troops advanced to protect border towns from Hezbollah attacks, spurring fears that the government is weighing a wider ground war.

The American University of Beirut has long been a haven for cats abandoned in times if war or crisis, but in recent years the feline population has grown dramatically.

The State Department has ordered some staff in the U.S. Embassy in Beirut to begin to leave Lebanon, multiple sources familiar with the matter said.

Retired Lebanese armed forces general Maroun Hitti said that Hezbollah’s missiles has “instantly transformed Lebanon from fragile bystander to active battlefield,” describing the situations as “harsh and asymmetric.

Trump directs officials to offer risk insurance for maritime trade in Gulf and said the US Navy would accompany tankers through the Strait of Hormuz if required.