Beirut

Hezbollah, Amal base barred from Beirut airport security zones amid anti-Shi'ite bias claims

New restrictions on access to Beirut airport’s radar systems have prompted Hezbollah and Amal figures to accuse security chief Fadi Kfoury of anti-Shi'ite prejudice.

View of the runway at Beirut-Rafic Al Hariri International Airport. August 08, 2024
Middle East Airlines aircraft sit on the tarmac at Beirut's Rafik Hariri airport on April 10, 2026.

Trump directs lifting of US flight ban to Lebanon after high-level meeting with Joseph Aoun

A soldier adjusts a Lebanese flag on an armored vehicle in Zawtar al-Gharbiyeh village, southern Lebanon, as Lebanese soldiers deploy in the area, July 21, 2026

Israel, US, and Lebanon have different visions for pilot zones - and Hezbollah is why - analysis

Lebanese Army troops patrol southern Lebanon following ceasefire arrangements. The agreement places renewed emphasis on the state’s role in extending authority into areas long influenced by Hezbollah.

Hezbollah ‘hinting’ at escalation against Lebanese army but still undecided, expert tells 'Post'


Dozens of IRGC officers flee Beirut, sources tell Axios

Meanwhile, Hezbollah threatened Israelis near the border, warning them to evacuate towns within a 5km. perimeter zone.

Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted an area in Beirut's southern neighborhoods on March 5, 2026; Illustrative.

Iranian officers reportedly abandon posts amid airstrikes, Trump demands 'unconditional surrender'

IDF begins new wave of strikes on Iranian regime • Russia reportedly providing Iran with intel on US • IDF destroys Khamenei's bunker in Tehran • Smotrich's son injured in Lebanon

Smoke rising from a recent airstrike on March 6, 2026 in Tehran, Iran.

WATCH: IDF destroys missile launchers in Tehran before Iran can strike Israel

Lebanon's Hezbollah warned Israeli residents to evacuate towns within 3.11 miles of the border between the countries in a message posted on its Telegram channel in Hebrew early on Friday.

Smoke rises after an Israeli strike on Beirut's southern suburbs, following an escalation between Hezbollah and Israel amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, Lebanon, March 3, 2026.

IRGC members in Lebanon will be arrested, deported, Lebanese information minister says

The IDF spokesperson in Arabic issued an immediate evacuation notice for all residents of Beirut’s southern suburbs, instructing them to head north towards Mount Lebanon and avoid heading south.

A Hezbollah fighter stands in front of anti-tank artillery at Juroud Arsal, the Syria-Lebanon border.

Lebanon Islamic Group claims headquarters targeted by IDF strikes

The Islamic Group was founded in Lebanon in 1964, and is linked to the Muslim Brotherhood. It has also worked alongside Hezbollah, though the Islamic Group is Sunni while Hezbollah is Shi’ite.

RESCUERS GATHER at the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted the Jamaa Islamiya offices in the southern Lebanese coastal city of Sidon on March 3, 2026.

From evacuation to forward defense: Israel shifts strategy against Hezbollah - analysis

Entire communities along the northern border were emptied amid fear that Hezbollah might try to penetrate the north as Hamas did in the south.

Hezbollah terrorists march in the funeral of senior terrorist Haytham Ali Tabatabai, others killed in IDF airstrike, in Beirut, November 24, 2025; illustrative.

IDF chief: Israel will remove 'entire Shi'ite axis threat of Iran, Hezbollah'

Zamir said that the current conflict has morphed from seeking regime change in Iran to also finishing off Hezbollah as a decades-long threat to Israel.

IDF Chief-of-Staff Eyal Zamir visits Battalion 947 during a war with Iran, March 3, 2026

Senior Quds Force commander linking Hezbollah to Iran killed in IDF Iran strike

Iranian Quds Force Lebanon Corps commander Daoud Ali Zadeh was killed in Tehran, the IDF said, dealing a blow to Hezbollah’s military coordination.

Smoke rises after an Israeli strike on Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon, March 3, 2026

IDF kills head of Palestinian Islamic Jihad in Lebanon during strikes in Beirut

Abu Hamza Rami, Palestinian Islamic Jihad’s Lebanon commander, was responsible for advancing and carrying out hundreds of terrorist attacks against IDF soldiers and Israeli civilians.

Smoke rises after an Israeli strike on Beirut's southern suburbs, following an escalation between Hezbollah and Israel amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, Lebanon, March 2, 2026.

WATCH: Operation Roaring Lion won't conclude without removing Hezbollah threat, IDF chief vows

"We will continue to insist that Hezbollah be disarmed - this is a demand we will not relinquish. The IDF will not conclude the campaign before the threat from Lebanon is eliminated," Zamir said.

IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir holds an operational briefing with Northern Command and Division chiefs, near the Lebanon border, March 2, 2026.