The volley broke months of relative quiet in northern Israel after a U.S.-backed truce. Israel retaliated by attacking sites ...

“I reiterate that no one in Lebanon will be excluded, seeing as the state protects all sects and not the contrary,” Aoun said in a meeting with a delegation from the Maronite League.

The defense ministers of Syria and Lebanon agreed to a ceasefire on Monday, Syria’s state-run SANA news agency reported, after cross-border attacks left 10 dead and more than 50 wounded.

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