September 18th, 2025 - 03:01 GMT
ALBAWABA- The Israeli army on Tuesday announced the start of a wave of airstrikes on targets in southern Lebanon, urging residents of several towns to evacuate immediately. Warplanes bombed a house in Mays al-Jabal, while heavy displacement was reported from Kafr Tibnit and Debin amid warnings of further raids on Hezbollah infrastructure. The escalation follows a deadly Israeli airstrike late Monday in Baalbek’s Al-Asira neighborhood, which killed at least three ...
![Image of a fallen Hezbollah sign. The Shia have been in Lebanon for a thousand years, but Hezbollah has only existed since 1982. [worldaffairsjournal]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/lebanon/Hezbollah_Logo_Truck_Near_Fatima_Gate.jpg?itok=IX09wByD "Image of a fallen Hezbollah sign. The Shia have been in Lebanon for a thousand years, but Hezbollah has only existed since 1982. [worldaffairsjournal]"){kind=logo}
![Syrian pro-government forces patrol in their tank in the town of Nabak near Damascus on December 7, 2013. [AFP]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Syria/000_Nic6272505.jpg?itok=xSBWBbJU "Syrian pro-government forces patrol in their tank in the town of Nabak near Damascus on December 7, 2013. [AFP]")
![Syrian pro-government forces drive inside a military vehicle after capturing the town of Nabak, north of Damascus, near the border with Lebanon in the Qalamoun region, on December 9, 2013. [AFP]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Syria/000_Nic6273214.jpg?itok=JbLs_kak "Syrian pro-government forces drive inside a military vehicle after capturing the town of Nabak, north of Damascus, near the border with Lebanon in the Qalamoun region, on December 9, 2013. [AFP]")
![Auxiliary Bishop at the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East Luqa al-Khoury declared war on the Syrian rebels. [pravoslavie]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Syria/luca.jpg?itok=xPYuHEq- "Auxiliary Bishop at the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East Luqa al-Khoury declared war on the Syrian rebels. [pravoslavie]")
![Government forces are seeking to encircle the rebels in the Qalamoun region north of Damascus and sever opposition supply lines across the nearby border with Lebanon. [AFP]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/iran/454121639.jpg?itok=mGiE0Ws9 "Government forces are seeking to encircle the rebels in the Qalamoun region north of Damascus and sever opposition supply lines across the nearby border with Lebanon. [AFP]")
![Lakhdar Brahimi meets UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon ahead of a meeting with Bashar al-Assad. [AFP]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Syria/ki-moon_brahimi.jpg?itok=foOGii_c "Lakhdar Brahimi meets UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon ahead of a meeting with Bashar al-Assad. [AFP]")
![UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. [jagranjosh]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Syria/Ban-ki-moon.jpg?itok=UuuaAJPb "UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. [jagranjosh]")
![The photo shows Greek Orthodox nuns at the Meriamiah Church in Damascus on December 9, 2012. [alalam]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Syria/nuns_in_syria.jpg?itok=TSpOnhsJ "The photo shows Greek Orthodox nuns at the Meriamiah Church in Damascus on December 9, 2012. [alalam]")
![Syrian pro-government forces patrol in their tank in the town of Nabak near Damascus on December 7, 2013. [Getty Images]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/iran/454121649.jpg?itok=mMjbZlna "Syrian pro-government forces patrol in their tank in the town of Nabak near Damascus on December 7, 2013. [Getty Images]")
