Nawaf Salam meets with Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Turkey on July 10. Photo: Lebanese Prime Minister's office

Turkey seeks bigger role in Lebanon as regional power balance shifts

Erdogan and Salam meet in Istanbul as experts say Turkey is trying to counter Israeli and Iranian influence in Lebanon

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Middle East experts urge Andy Burnham to go further on Palestinian policy

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US public drifts further from Israel as Iran tensions rise

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How Netanyahu’s government carried out de facto annexation of West Bank

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Today's cartoonShadi's take on the Lebanon-Israel talks scheduled for Rome

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What has the US achieved with its latest strikes on Iran?

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A Hezbollah flag waves from a car in Sidon, Lebanon, as it passes a billboard showing President Joseph Aoun and a slogan promoting diplomacy ‘to end war in Lebanon'. AFP

U-turn as Lebanon accepts US invitation for direct Israel talks in Rome

Lebanese authorities notified of venue change a day after Israel announced talks would be held in Italian capital

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Israeli strike kills Gaza aid director behind World Cup screenings

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Minister Falconer ends two-year struggle defending Labour’s Israel policy

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Trump-Netanyahu split deepens as US pushes Iran deal and Israel presses on in Lebanon

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Four killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza

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ExclusiveLebanon caught off guard as Israel announces new talks in Rome

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Netanyahu government rushes through divisive agenda before elections

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EDITORS NOTE: Graphic content / An injured boy receives treatment at a hospital ward in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on July 7, 2026, following a reported Israeli attack in the Mawasi area in Khan Yunis. Violence continues in Gaza despite a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel in place since October 2025. At least 1,072 Palestinians have been killed in the territory since the truce took effect, according to the territory's health ministry, which operates under Hamas authority and whose figures are considered reliable by the United Nations. (Photo by Bashar Taleb / AFP)

Four killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza

Israeli forces also arrest seven fishermen working off enclave's coast

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ExclusiveLebanon caught off guard as Israel announces new talks in Rome

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Netanyahu government rushes through divisive agenda before elections

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UN rights body calls on Israel to release Gaza doctor Hussam Abu Safiya

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