As concerns mount that Israel’s parallel war with Lebanon could jeopardize progress in U.S.-Iran peace deal talks, here’s what to know about the conflict, its key players, and the steeped history behind the clashes.

Over the weekend, Israel reoccupied Beaufort Castle, a 12th-century fortress in southern Lebanon that has long been a military flashpoint between Israel, Palestinian groups and Hezbollah. We explain the history of Beaufort Castle,

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Aug. 6 (UPI) --Lebanon, caught between mounting international pressure and the risk of another devastating war with Israel, made a game-changing decision by tasking the Army with preparing a plan to enforce a state monopoly on weapons by ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Smoke and fire rise after an Israeli airstrike targeting Hezbollah weapons in Dahieh, southern Beirut, Lebanon, on Sunday. The attack destroyed a hangar and damaged nearby buildings and ...

On March 09, Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem gave his first lengthy interview to Manar Sabbagh from Al Manar, Hezbollah’s satellite TV station, after assuming his post. Qassem’s predecessor, Hassan Nasrallah, often gave similar interviews to Al ...

BEIRUT, Lebanon, May 31 (UPI) --Lebanon's Muslim Shiite community, whose fortunes rose with the once-powerful Hezbollah, is facing what many are likening it to a "semi-Nakba." Shiites are bearing much of the cost of Israel's campaign against the Iran ...

Thousands of Hezbollah supporters gathered in a Lebanese village for a mass burial of those who died during the war with Israel. The militant group frames its latest conflict with Israel as a victory, but for many Lebanese it looks very much like defeat.

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The tenuous ceasefire in the Middle East has held up, sometimes barely, despite being shaken by repeated flare-ups over the past two months. But it is now coming the closest yet to blowing apart and sending the region back into full-scale war — and the detonator is Lebanon.