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An Israeli airstrike hits central Beirut for the first time in nearly a year of conflict
The first apparent Israeli airstrike on central Beirut in nearly a year of conflict leveled an apartment building early Monday, hours after Israel hit targets across Lebanon and killed dozens of people as Hezbollah sustained heavy blows to its command structure, including the killing of its leader, Hassan Nasrallah.
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Airstrike kills another high-ranking Hezbollah official in Lebanon, IDF says
The Israeli military said Sunday that it has killed another high-ranking Hezbollah official in an airstrike.
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Hezbollah leader killed in Israeli airstrike
Lebanon’s Hezbollah group has confirmed their leader and founding member, Hassan Nasrallah, was killed in an israel airstrike in Beirut. Amber Frias reports for the NBC4 News on at 11 p.m. on Sept. 28, 2024
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US sending more troops to the Middle East as violence rises between Israel and Hezbollah
The Pentagon says the U.S. is sending additional troops to the Middle East in response to a sharp spike in violence between Israel and Hezbollah forces in Lebanon that is raising the risk of a greater regional war.
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Deadly explosions in Lebanon escalate tensions in the Middle East
A series of explosions that left 37 dead and thousands injured in Lebanon appear to be the culmination of a long operation by Israel to target as many Hezbollah members as possible. UCLA political scientist Benjamin Radd explains. As seen on air on the NBC4 News at 7 p.m. on Sept. 19, 2024.
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Hundreds of pagers exploded in Lebanon and Syria in a deadly attack. Here's what we know.
With little disclosed from investigators so far, multiple theories have emerged Tuesday around how the attack might have been carried out.
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U.S. rushes firepower to the Middle East as Israel braces for retaliation from Iran
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered the dispatch of the USS Georgia guided missile submarine to the Middle East as Israel braced for retaliation from Iran.
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Cargo ship that sank in Red Sea after Houthi attack could cause ‘environmental disaster,' US says
A vibrant fishing industry, some of the world’s largest coral reefs and desalination plants supplying millions with drinking water.
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4 charged in transporting suspected Iranian-made weapons. Two SEALs died intercepting the ship
Four foreign nationals were charged Thursday with transporting suspected Iranian-made weapons on a vessel intercepted by U.S. naval forces in the Arabian Sea last month. Two Navy SEALs died during the mission.
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The US says it may bomb more Middle East targets. One militia says it doesn't want a wider fight
An Iraqi militia official has hinted at a desire to deescalate tensions in the Middle East following retaliatory strikes launched by the United States.
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US identifies 3 soldiers killed in drone attack in Jordan
President Biden says an investigation has been launched into the incident.
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Biden ‘working through' retaliation options after Iran-backed militants kill 3 US troops
John Kirby, the National Security Council’s coordinator for strategic communications, said in an interview on NBC’s “TODAY” show that the U.S. will do “what we have to do to protect our troops in our facilities”
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Yemen Houthis fire a missile at a US warship in latest escalation of conflict in Middle East
Early Saturday local time, U.S. forces conducted a strike against a Houthi anti-ship missile that was aimed into the Red Sea and prepared to launch, the U.S. military’s Central Command said.
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US military launches another barrage of missiles against Houthi sites in Yemen
The U.S. military fired another wave of ship- and submarine-launch missile strikes against Houthi-controlled sites Wednesday, U.S. officials said.
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Chaotic wave of attacks, reprisals in Middle East fuel worries of a broader regional war
A barrage of U.S., coalition and militant attacks in the Middle East are compounding U.S. fears that Israel’s war on Hamas in Gaza could expand.
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Lebanon's Christians feel the heat of climate change in its sacred cedar forest and valley
For Lebanon’s Christians, the cedars are sacred, these tough evergreen trees that survive the mountain’s harsh snowy winters.
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Blinken tries to build support among wary Arab countries for planning a postwar future for Gaza
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is trying to build support for planning a postwar future for Gaza as he meets with wary Arab leaders during his latest urgent mission to the Middle East since the Israel-Hamas conflict began.
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Israel Launches Rare Air Strikes in Lebanon and Gaza as Netanyahu Vows to Extract ‘Heavy Price'
Israel struck targets in southern Lebanon early Friday and resumed air strikes in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli military said, marking a further escalation in the region following violence this week at Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site.