This Month
How Mossad tricked Hezbollah into buying exploding pagers
Dressed in ski masks and sunglasses the disguised former spies reveal the secrets of the 10-year operation to sell 16,000 booby-trapped pagers to Hezbollah.
- Jotam Confino
Iran must wish it never heard of Yahya Sinwar
Iran’s “axis of resistance” is destroyed, and its horizons have narrowed to a choice between pragmatism and, quite literally, going nuclear.
- Adrian Blomfield and Akhtar Makoii
What led to Syria’s 13-year civil war, and why has fighting surged again?
The sudden assault by Syrian rebels has redrawn the front lines of a war many thought was over. Here’s what to know.
- Kelly Kasulis Cho and Kelsey Baker
Trump picks another in-law for top Middle East post
Massad Boulos has been named an adviser, a day after the president-elect appointed another son-in-law’s father to be US ambassador to Paris.
- Susie Coen
November
Labor pushes 36 bills; RBA reforms loom; Don’t be a Black Friday fool
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Netanyahu eyes ‘total victory’ after ceasefire deal
After successfully crippling Hezbollah, Israel’s prime minister finally agreed a ceasefire in Lebanon and will now turn his full attention back to Gaza.
- Neri Zilber and James Shotter
Lebanon sends troops to support ceasefire
Bumper-to-bumper traffic jammed roads leading out of Beirut, as people sought to make their way back to devastated towns and villages in southern Lebanon.
- Euan Ward, Ben Hubbard and Aaron Boxerman
Inflation holds at 2.1pc; Biden confirms ceasefire; 15 ASX tech stars
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- Middle East tensions
Israel ceasefire starts with Hezbollah as hopes rise
Israeli and Lebanese leaders have accepted a US-brokered ceasefire deal, President Joe Biden says, raising hopes of an end to the year-long hostilities.
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- Matthew Cranston
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- Middle East conflict
Israel-Hezbollah peace deal draws closer
The Israeli cabinet will meet to decide on a US-proposed 60-day truce, which is expected to be approved.
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- Maayan Lubell and Laila Bassam
US ambassador says Israel close to ceasefire with Hezbollah
After the sides rained rockets on each other over the weekend, the Israeli prime minister considers a proposal to quieten fire.
- Dan Williams
Israeli strikes in central Beirut kill at least 20
The attack completely demolished a multi-storey building in a densely populated neighbourhood while ceasefire talks continued.
- Abby Sewell and Bassem Mroue
Israel pounds southern Lebanon and Beirut outskirts
The intense military campaign against Hezbollah pushes on, tempering hopes that efforts by a US envoy will lead to an imminent ceasefire.
- Reuters
Israeli airstrike hits central Beirut as ceasefire talks continue
Two missiles hit the area of Zoqaq al-Blat neighbourhood – where local UN headquarters and Lebanon’s parliament and prime minister’s office are located.
- Sally Abou Aljoud
Israel pounds area near Beirut amid signs of a widening offensive
Airstrikes on the Dahiya area, south of Beirut, where the militant group Hezbollah holds sway, were the latest in a string of bombings this week.
- Euan Ward, Aaron Boxerman and Farnaz Fassihi
Employment jumps; Cbus CEO apologises; Trump’s shock pick
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Israel prepares Lebanon ceasefire as ‘gift’ to Trump
An Israeli government minister discussed the proposal with Donald Trump and Jared Kushner at Mar-a-Lago on Sunday.
- Shira Rubin, Suzan Haidamous and John Hudson
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- Trump's White House
Trump taps China hawks in Beijing’s ‘nightmare come true’
The president-elect is set to choose Marco Rubio as his top US diplomat while Representative Mike Waltz is expected to be his new national security adviser.
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- Nancy Cook
Israeli strikes kill dozens in Lebanon, Gaza and Syria
The strike in Lebanon killed at least 23 people, including seven children, far from the areas where Hezbollah has a major presence.
- Wafaa Shurafa, Samy Magdy and Kareem Chehayeb
October
Hezbollah names new leader as Israel warns assassination coming
The Iran-backed militant group has appointed cleric Naim Qassem as its new head, after its longtime chief was killed in an Israeli airstrike.
- Bassem Mroue