Lebanon, home to millennia of human history, is being flattened as it is being used as a bargaining chip in the US-Iran standoff. President Donald Trump this week halted an Israeli onslaught on the capital, Beirut, claiming that he had managed to reinstate a ceasefire agreement between the pro-Iran Hezbollah and Tel Aviv, under which the militant group would suspend its drone attacks on Israel’s north in exchange for an Israeli commitment not to bomb the Lebanese capital.

US President Donald Trump has said Israel and Hezbollah have agreed that "all shooting will stop." Iran has suspended negotiations as it insists there can be no peace that does…

Trump prevails on Netanyahu to stop Israeli advance on Beirut, claims contact with Hezbollah "through intermediaries".

Israel and Lebanon have agreed to a ceasefire brokered by the United States. This development offers hope for de-escalation in the ongoing conflict with Iran. Recent days saw…

Israel tells residents of eight villages in south to leave their homes