JDEIDAT MARJAYOUN, Lebanon: Looking out from a friend’s balcony, Milia el-Cheikh struggled to find her own home in the ruins of her now-deserted village, its entrances strung with barbed wire. Her village of Dibbine is one of several Shiite-majority communities across southern Lebanon destroyed by Israeli forces battling the Iran-backed Shiite Hezbollah. Israel has occupied vast areas and fighting has raged through declared ceasefires. The latest truce — part of the interim peace deal between the United States and Iran — appears to be holding.

Israel has ordered Shiite-majority communities to be emptied, accusing residents of supporting Hezbollah, while allowing Christian, Sunni and other residents to remain. That risks…

Lebanese living on the edge of Israel's self-styled security zone in southern Lebanon are struggling in the shadow of military occupation.

JDEIDAT MARJAYOUN, Lebanon: Looking out from a friend’s balcony, Milia el-Cheikh struggled to find her own home in the ruins of her now-deserted village, its entrances strung with…

Iran says any wider truce must include Lebanon and that Israel must withdraw, while Hezbollah says it will resist occupation. | World News