Lebanon

The anguish in Lebanese archaeologist Nader Siklaoui’s voice is clear as he films Israeli missiles slamming down near ancient Roman columns he has spent much of his life protecting.

A Bay Area doctor is flying to Lebanon to provide medical assistance to those impacted by recent airstrikes in the war-torn region.  

A Bay Area doctor is flying to Lebanon to provide medical assistance to those impacted by recent airstrikes in the war-torn region. Jocelyn Moran reports.

Israel has carried out a series of massive airstrikes overnight in the southern suburbs of Beirut.

People in Lebanon warn an “apocalyptic” situation is mounting, with about 1.2 million people now displaced as operations both in the air and on the ground intensify.

People in Lebanon warn an “apocalyptic” situation is mounting, with about 1.2 million people now displaced as operations both in the air and on the ground intensify. Ginger Conejero Saab reports.

The fighting comes as the region braces for Israel’s response to an Iranian ballistic missile attack.

As the conflict in the Middle East expands, one Bay Area man among the many Americans seeking safe shelter is struggling to get himself and his parents out of Lebanon and back home. Thom Jensen reports.

The civil defense forces of one of the world’s most war-torn nations are shocked at the destruction underway in Lebanon.

A San Mateo man says he is trying to be flee from Lebanon just as Iran launched an attack on Israel on Wednesday.

A San Mateo man says he is trying to flee from Lebanon just as Iran launched an attack on Israel on Wednesday. Jocelyn Moran reports. 

In just over a week, intensified Israeli strikes in Lebanon have killed seven high-ranking commanders and officials from the powerful Hezbollah militant group, including the group’s leader, Hassan Nasrallah.

Hundreds of families displaced from Beirut’s southern suburbs after the area was pummeled overnight by the heaviest Israeli airstrikes in nearly a year of limited conflict are sleeping in public squares and beaches or in their cars in the city center.

The past week has seen a dizzying escalation in the nearly yearlong conflict between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah. First came exploding pagers and walkie-talkies that maimed Hezbollah fighters and civilians around Lebanon and were blamed on Israel. Hezbollah’s leader vowed to retaliate. On Friday, the militant group launched dozens of rockets into northern Israel. Early Sunday, Hezbollah fired more than...

A Lebanese ophthalmologist has been working around the clock trying to keep up with the flood of patients with eye injuries after thousands of pagers and walkie-talkies exploded en masse.

The increasing strikes and counterstrikes have raised fears of all-out war, even as Israel battles Hamas in Gaza and tries to negotiate the release of scores of hostages taken in Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack. Hezbollah has vowed to continue its strikes in solidarity with Hamas, a fellow Iran-backed militant group.

In Beirut, some said they were not going to work, while some parents kept their schoolchildren at home, fearful that more devices might explode.

The stunning attacks against walkie-talkies and pagers have killed at least 32 people, left Hezbollah in disarray and taken the Middle East to the brink of all-out war.

Explosions went off one day after pager bombings were reported in the country.

More device explosions were reported across Lebanon on Wednesday, a day after pagers belonging to Hezbollah members detonated across the country, killing at least 14 people and injuring nearly 3,000, state media reported.