Lebanon

Israel said it was poised to impose quiet on the Lebanese front as hostilities spiked on Sunday, with Hezbollah wounding civilians in a cross-border missile attack and the Israeli air force bombing sites linked to the Iranian-backed group.

German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius travelled to Lebanon on Thursday to visit German soldiers serving in a U.N. peacekeeping force in the region … .

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant accused Iran on Monday of setting up an airport in southern Lebanon to enable attacks against Israel. Israel is troubled by arch-foe Iran's nuclear program, missile buildup and support for militants in the region.

Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati said Wednesday his government is committed to cooperating with a UN peacekeeping mission operating in southern Lebanon. Mikati met on Wednesday in the capital Beirut with United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) Commander Gen. Aroldo Lazaro.

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Two people were killed in fighting between members of the Shia armed group Hezbollah and residents of a Christian town after the residents surrounded an overturned truck, in the worst clash between Hezbollah and its opponents in Lebanon since fighting broke out in Beirut two years ago.

Lebanon's caretaker premier Najib Mikati said Saturday there was no cause for "concern or panic" about his country's security situation. … Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Germany, and Britain updated their travel warnings amid clashes between rival armed groups in the Palestinian camp of Ain el-Hilweh in Lebanon's south.

The head of the powerful armed group Hezbollah has called for a halt to days of deadly clashes that have raged between rival factions in the Palestinian refugee camp of Ein el-Hilweh in southern Lebanon. … Hezbollah, which controls southern Lebanon and is vehemently opposed to Israel, has ties to Palestinian factions and supports their cause.

The incident followed Lebanese construction in the area and is the latest in a series of escalations between Israel and Hezbollah in recent weeks.

Several Hezbollah members wounded in an exchange of fire with Israeli forces on the southern border as Nasrallah says the incident is under investigation.