The United States has reportedly told Lebanese officials that Israel’s military intends to remain in five strategic points inside Lebanon, but will withdraw from towns it still occupies.

Israel is seeking another extension of the deadline for the withdrawal of its troops from southern Lebanon, a Western diplomatic source says, a request that is likely to raise new concerns in a country with a history of Israeli occupation.

Washington official confirms Jerusalem asked for extension but says administration planning on keeping to February 18 date for IDF exit

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei condemns the Israeli regime for threatening to attack an Iranian passenger plane carrying Lebanese citizens.

Lebanon blocked an Iranian airliner from flying into Beirut Thursday after Israel accused Iran a day earlier of using civilian flights to deliver cash to Lebanese terror group Hezbollah. The chief executive of Tehran’s Imam Khomeini International Airport,