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American diplomacy has a unique opportunity to facilitate a lasting peace agreement between Israel and Lebanon, as the recent ceasefire and disarmament of Hezbollah have created a political vacuum that can be leveraged to rebuild the nation and regain full sovereign control.

Israel threatened to escalate attacks on Syrian government forces unless they withdrew from Sweida, a southern province dominated by the Druse minority.

Syria’s foreign ministry says a number of soldiers and civilians have been killed by coordinated Israeli drone attacks and airstrikes near the two countries’ border.

Lebanon has denied reports that Foreign Minister Youssef Rajji met with his Israeli counterpart Gideon Saar during a Syria-focused summit in Brussels

Clashes raged in the southern Syrian city of Sweida on Wednesday after a ceasefire between government forces and Druze armed groups collapsed and Israel threatened to escalate its involvement in support of the Druze religious minority.

Israel launches ground invasion in Lebanon with 'limited' raids on Hezbollah The military said in a statement that it had begun "limited, localized, and targeted ground raids based on precise ...