Starting in late September, the annual olive harvest is an economically important part of life for residents of many southern Lebanese towns and villages in the Autumn. This year, however, they’re finding themselves under serious limitations by the new Israeli military occupation. Though the IDF made much of the idea that they’re allowing workers to […]

‘We’ve lost a world’: Former residents remember peaceful childhoods and civil-war trauma; only some 20 Jews are believed to remain from a once-vibrant community

Ibl al-Saqi residents fear losing livelihoods and stability as UN force prepares to leave after last year’s vote: ‘We’ve spent a lifetime with them’

During Beirut visit, Aoun and French FM discuss post-UNIFIL security arrangement; Lebanon says next round of talks with Israel to be held Tuesday in Florida