Advocates say US should include more far-right Israeli groups on ‘terrorism’ blacklist, not delist Kahane Chai. Palestinian rights advocates have raised the alarm over US plans to remove a violent, far-right Israeli group from Washington’s list of “foreign terrorist organizations” (FTO), warning that such a move may embolden Kahane Chai’s …

Lebanon’s first elections since 2018 were held on Sunday, in a country beset by state mismanagement and endemic corruption, whose currency has lost 90% of its value and where 80% of the population lives in poverty. The results of the elections could determine whether the international community will provide Lebanon …

Iran-backed political and militant group Hezbollah lost its parliamentary coalition majority in the Lebanese elections, officials announced on Tuesday. Reformist political groups, including Lebanese Forces, Hezbollah’s main Christian rival, won around 10% of Lebanon’s seats in the first parliamentary elections since the country’s economic crisis began, which were held Sunday. …