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Hady Habib.

‘Nice to get this win for Lebanon’: the qualifier inspiring a war-torn country

Lebanese tennis player Hady Habib was largely unknown a week ago. Now, he’s a hero in his war-torn country.

  • Billie Eder

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Newly elected Lebanese President Joseph Aoun is sworn in.

Lebanon finally has a new president. It ends a two-year vacuum but his challenge is huge

Hezbollah, relations with Israel, and a five-year economic crisis are just some of the problems for the country which was heavily targeted by Israel’s bombing last year.

  • Mohamad El Chamaa and Suzan Haidamous
Modern pagers (inset) can send encrypted messages without giving away their location.

‘Like The Truman Show’: Ex-Israeli spies reveal details of exploding pager plot against Hezbollah

The pagers had to be made slightly larger to accommodate the explosives hidden inside. They were tested on dummies multiple times to find the right amount of explosive.

  • Darlene Superville

In defence of the middle ground on Gaza

Rodger Shanahan perfectly sums up the disturbing nature of Middle East commentary, where “advocates press hard for their side without conceding any ground to the other”.

Mick Kelly and Penny Wong.

Australia’s damning of Israel is poisonous. I say that as an ex-Labor minister

Israel has the right under international law to use military force to defend its very existence. The Albanese government’s response is despicable.

  • Mike Kelly
Syrian opposition fighters ride along the streets in the aftermath of the opposition’s takeover of Hama, Syria, on Friday.

Countries close borders after rebels’ stunning advance against Assad

A collection of rebel groups aiming to depose the Assad regime are advancing towards the capital, Damascus, making Iran and others nervous.

  • Raja Abdulrahim, Farnaz Fassihi and Thomas Fuller
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A kibbutz member returns to a destroyed house in Upper Galilee, Israel, near the Lebanese border, on Monday.

Rekindled border dispute blamed for deadly Israeli strikes in Lebanon

Israel has unleashed its largest wave of airstrikes across Lebanon since agreeing to a ceasefire with Hezbollah last week, killing at least 11 people overnight.

  • Natalie Meltzer and Sally About Aljoud
A man sits on the rubble of a destroyed house in Baalbek, eastern Lebanon,.
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World of photos, November 30, 2024

The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors.

Displaced residents react as they return to find the rubble of their destroyed house in Baalbek, eastern Lebanon, on Thursday.

Israel launches first airstrike on Lebanon since ceasefire

It also said it fired on people trying to return to certain areas in southern Lebanon because they were violating the truce.

  • Kareen Chehayeb and Julia Frankel
People celebrate after the ceasefire.

Ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon begins

The Lebanon ceasefire agreement requires Israeli troops to withdraw from south Lebanon and Lebanon’s army to deploy in the region, officials say.

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