Middle Orient News

ROME (Reuters) – Crisis talks on Lebanon began on Wednesday with pressure growing for a ceasefire between Israel and Hizbollah guerrillas after four U.N. observers were killed, but

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel’s army suffered heavy casualties in a battle with Hizbollah guerrillas in southern Lebanon on

HAIFA, Israel (Reuters) – A barrage of rockets fired by Hizbollah guerillas slammed into the city of Haifa and other parts of northern Israel on Wednesday, wounding

BEIJING (Reuters) – China condemned on Wednesday an Israeli air strike in south Lebanon that killed four United Nations observers, including a Chinese national, and called for an investigation into the raid.

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Hizbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said in remarks broadcast on Wednesday the war with Israel would enter a new phase and

BEIRUT (Reuters) – A Jordanian military plane landed at Beirut’s international airport on Wednesday to evacuate people seriously wounded in the 15-day-old war between Israel and Hizbollah.

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – There is no room at the inn in central and southern Israel. While many foreign tourists have packed their bags, their rooms have been taken by Israelis from the north fleeing Hizbollah rockets.

BEIRUT (Reuters) – While tens of thousands of foreigners are fleeing Lebanon any way they can, some are determined to stick it out in the face of Israeli bombardment and blockade.

RIYADH (Reuters) – Hardline Sunni Muslim clerics in Saudi Arabia are refusing to support Hizbollah’s fight against Israel because of their ancient hatred of Shi’ites and Iran.

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Fierce fighting raged in Lebanon on Wednesday as an international conference opened in Rome