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How a push to disarm Hezbollah is deepening divisions in Lebanon and raising fears of civil war
3+ hour, 12+ min ago (1157+ words) By ABBY SEWELL and BASSEM MROUE The U. S. -brokered deal envisions an Israeli troop withdrawal from Lebanon and an eventual peace agreement between the two countries " which technically remain in a state of war nearly 80 years after Israel's establishment. But the…...
A timeline of the escalating tensions between Iran and Israel over Lebanon
1+ mon, 20+ hour ago (364+ words) The truce in the'Iran war'that was reached in April has not spread to Lebanon, where Israel has been battling Iranian-backed Hezbollah militants. Israel says it is defending its northern communities that face Hezbollah drone and rocket fire. Iran sees Israel's…...
Israel strikes Beirut southern suburb ahead of crucial Washington talks
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (729+ words) The strike hit an apartment building but it was not immediately clear who might have been targeted. Videos from the suburb of Choueifat, close to Beirut's international airport, showed white smoke billowing from a residential neighborhood. Tensions have been escalating…...
Lebanon and Israel to resume rare direct talks in Washington to extend Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (540+ words) The meeting between Lebanese Ambassador to the U. S. Nada Hamadeh Moawad and her Israeli counterpart Yechiel Leiter is the second between the two diplomats, days after they held the first such direct talks between the two countries in three decades. Lebanon…...
QTS submits new site, road plans for data center campus in Salem Twp.
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (984+ words) SALEM TWP. " Lynette Pursel was relieved to see a new master site plan that representatives of QTS Data Centers revealed Thursday night, but other nearby residents were far less happy. Officials representing QTS Salem LLC submitted the revised plans " which…...
Iran rejects US ceasefire plan, issues its own demands as strikes land across the Mideast
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (1133+ words) By JON GAMBRELL, MIKE CORDER, MUNIR AHMED and AAMER MADHANI, Associated Press Iran's defiance'came as Israel launched airstrikes on Tehran and as the United States deployed'paratroopers and more Marines to the region. Iran's foreign minister says his government does not…...
Some Salem Twp. residents upset about exclusion from data center buyout
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (743+ words) SALEM TWP. " Close to a dozen township residents who live within a few hundred feet of a new data center campus are upset they weren't included in a $580 million acquisition of 97 other properties totaling about 1, 700 acres last week. Dennis Steinruck,…...