By Laila Bassam, Maya Gebeily, Emilie Madi and Tala Ramadan BEIRUT, March 2 (Reuters) - Lebanon's government on Monday banned military activities by Hezbollah after it opened fire on Israel to avenge

Israel has sent troops into southern Lebanon and told residents of more than 80 villages to evacuate as the Iran-backed militant Hezbollah group said it was ready for an “open war” with Israel in the wake of the U.

The United Nations on Friday demanded swift investigations into fatal Israeli strikes across Lebanon to decide if they complied with international law.The Israeli military announced Friday that it had carried out 26 waves of strikes on Beirut's southern suburbs in the past four days.

Iran launched new strikes against Israel and U.S. military bases in the Middle East as aerial attacks resumed early Thursday after an American submarine sank an Iranian warship and Iran threatened

Iran's foreign minister rejected the idea of a ceasefire or new talks with the Trump administration, and said Iran is prepared for the possibility of a U.S. ground invasion.

PARIS, March 5 (Reuters) - France will strengthen its cooperation with the Lebanese Armed Forces and provide armored transport vehicles as well as operational and logistical support, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday,

Days into its offensive against Hezbollah, Israel is massing armored vehicles near the Lebanese border for a potentially much larger ground incursion.

The strikes on Nabi Sheet in eastern Lebanon's Baalbek district killed at least nine people and wounded 17 on Friday.

With the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran in its seventh day, Trump says the aim is to "go in and clean out everything," suggesting a regime change objective.