Pope Leo XIV departed Lebanon on Tuesday after an emotional day that began with a visit to the site of the 2020 Beirut port explosion and Mass attended by over 150,000 people — and concluded with an event in which the Catholic leader heard the testimonies of the nation’s youth, encouraging them to retain hope.
Pope Leo XIV, addressing the leaders of the government of Lebanon on Sunday, urged them to consider “what can be done to ensure that young people in particular do not feel compelled to leave their homeland and emigrate. ” He added rejecting migration is “very valuable” and requires “real courage.”
Pope Leo XIV held prayers at the Armenian Apostolic Cathedral in Istanbul on Sunday in a gesture of support for Christian unity and Christian minorities in Turkey.
Pope Leo XIV urged Catholics to pray for him on Wednesday as he prepared to depart for his first international tour as the Archbishop of Rome, stopping in Turkey to mark the anniversary of the Council of Nicaea and in Lebanon to meet with the Christian community there.
Pope Leo XIV kicked off the first foreign trip of his papacy Thursday, landing in Turkey to begin a six-day Middle East tour.
The Maronite Christian bishops of Lebanon issued a joint statement last week denouncing Israel’s “daily attacks on the South and other regions of Lebanon, which are bringing the country to the brink of war once again.”
After meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House on Monday, Syria’s interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa said Trump supports his call for Israel to remove its forces from Syrian territory.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched heavy airstrikes against Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon on Thursday, accusing Hezbollah of violating the ceasefire agreement by rebuilding its military presence in the region.
Lebanon’s President Joseph Aoun said on Monday that he wants negotiations with Israel, mediated by President Donald Trump.
Iranian regime newspaper Islamic Republic described the Hamas atrocities of October 7, 2023, as “a mistake that cost Iran dearly.”
Lebanon on Tuesday suspended the operating license of a Hezbollah-linked non-governmental organization (NGO) called the Rissalat Association because it projected images of slain Hezbollah leaders onto a beloved national landmark.
The Vatican announced on Tuesday that Pope Leo XIV will make visits to Turkey and Lebanon beginning in late November, his first international travel as the head of the Catholic Church.
Two of three men arrested for a Katy, Texas, shooting at a little league baseball game legally immigrated to the United States and had been given immigration benefits by former President Joe Biden’s administration, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials reveal.
Syria’s “interim” President Ahmed al-Sharaa, a former jihadist warlord, is carefully laying the groundwork for his big global debut at the U.N. General Assembly (UNGA) next week.
Police in Bulgaria have arrested Russian national Igor Grechushkin 5 years after a ship he owned was linked to the Port of Beirut explosion.
President Trump’s efforts in Syria and Lebanon have the potential to turn the tide, utilizing a new approach of economic development, diplomacy, and peacemaking rather than endless wars. Congress should support these efforts by repealing the Caesar Act.
On Tuesday’s “PBS NewsHour,” “NewsHour” Special Correspondent Simona Foltyn discussed the American plan to disarm Hezbollah and said that pushing to disarm the terrorist group by the end of the year, “risks leaving Lebanon with few means to defend itself.”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu extended an olive branch to Lebanon on Monday, reacting positively to a decision earlier this month by the Lebanese government to disarm Hezbollah.
Lebanon released an Israeli Arab citizen on Thursday who had been imprisoned there for a year, in a move that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hailed as a “sign of things to come” on hostage releases.
The Lebanese immigrant who owns several Trump-themed restaurants in the Houston, Texas, area may be deported due to allegedly overstaying his visa, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said.
Monday marked the fifth anniversary of the Beirut Blast, the incredibly powerful explosion that devastated the Port of Beirut and killed over 220 people on August 4, 2020.
The United Nations deployed teams to the Syrian coast on Monday as wildfires spread across Latakia province for the fifth day.
The Lebanon-based Iranian proxy terrorist organization Hezbollah held multiple events on Monday in solidarity with Tehran, declaring that it would continue in the “just and divinely inspired battle” against Israel and America.
Israeli foreign minister Gideon Sa’ar revealed Monday on CNBC that Israel is, in fact, seeking a peace deal that includes Syria and Lebanon — but would not negotiate away the Golan Heights.
The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) will leave southern Lebanon later this year after the United States votes against renewing its mandate in an upcoming United Nations Security Council vote.
Steve Witkoff, the senior adviser and assistant to President Donald Trump who is helping lead major peace negotiations worldwide, told Breitbart News exclusively last week at the White House that he believes there is “big energy” for what he expects will be a likely expansion of the Abraham Accords in a matter of months not years.
Lebanon banned Disney’s “Snow White” remake from playing in the country’s movie theaters due to the film starring Israeli actress Gal Gadot, who is on Lebanon’s boycott list.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and other Israeli security agencies said Tuesday that the Israeli Air Force (IAF) had killed terrorist Hassan Ali Mahmoud Bdeir in Beirut, Lebanon before an anticipated attack on Israeli civilians.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) struck Hezbollah targets in Beirut and southern Lebanon on Friday after the terrorist organization launched rockets at towns in northern Israel earlier, violating the ceasefire that began in November.
Syria’s new regime, led by former al-Qaeda officer Ahmed al-Sharaa, clashed with the Iran-backed Lebanese militants of Hezbollah on Monday after Hezbollah allegedly kidnapped and executed three Syrian soldiers.
Rasha Alawieh, a Lebanese doctor associated with Brown University, was quickly deported from the U.S. last week for supporting terrorists.
An assistant professor at Brown University’s Medical School has been deported to Lebanon despite a judge blocking her immediate removal from the country.
Israel and Lebanon are holding the first direct talks that could lead to normalization and peace between the two nations, following Israel’s victory over Hezbollah in the recent war and Lebanon’s election of a new president.
Thousands of terrified Alawite Muslims fled across the border from Syria into Lebanon over the weekend as Syria’s new jihadi rulers began hunting them down and murdering them for allegedly collaborating with the regime of deposed dictator Bashar Assad.
Massive crowds assembled on the outskirts of Beirut on Sunday for the delayed funeral of Hassan Nasrallah, leader of the Hezbollah terrorist organization and political party, who was killed in September by an Israeli airstrike after his forces attacked Israel.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) buzzed the funeral of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut on Sunday as crowds chanted “Death to Israel,” reminding the Iran-backed terror group that Israeli warplanes killed Nasrallah in September.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) redeployed Tuesday in accord with the ceasefire deal that ended the war with Hezbollah — though Lebanon is formally objecting to Israel retaining a “buffer zone.”
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) will hold five strategic posts inside southern Lebanon to maintain security and surveillance even after withdrawing from the region on Tuesday in accordance with the ceasefire with Hezbollah.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that Israel would “finish the job” of ending the threat of a nuclear Iran, as he stood next to Secretary of State Marco Rubio on his first visit to the Middle East in his new role.
USAID materials were found among weapons used by Hezbollah terrorists in Lebanon, according to a newly-released photograph.
