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Iran is attempting to choose a new supreme leader, while the U.S. and Israel continue strikes, including on Tehran and Lebanon. 

The military operation against Iran has entered its fourth day on Tuesday, with missiles and rockets traded by combatants overnight.

Israel authorises forces to advance into Lebanon and “take control” to prevent Hezbollah using it to fire into Israeli border settlements.

The Iran-backed Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah launched missiles and drones at Israel on Sunday night, ostensibly in revenge for the death of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Monday that the Iranian regime would face “a force they cannot even imagine” should it attack the Jewish state, as U.S. refueling and cargo aircraft landed at Ben Gurion Airport and an American carrier strike group advanced toward the eastern Mediterranean amid escalating regional tensions.

Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem told Al Arabiya News on Monday that “we trust Trump” to deliver peace in Gaza and stabilize the Middle East.

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.

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.