Category Middle East

At least nine people were killed and about 2,750 were wounded by exploding handheld pagers across Lebanon, the country’s health minister has said. Firass Abiad said that an eight-year-old girl was among those killed and that more than 200 people…

Hezbollah says it has successfully completed the first phase of a retaliatory attack on Israel in response to the killing of commander Fuad Shukr at the end of July. Earlier on Sunday, Israel said it had launched airstrikes on southern Lebanon…