Mayors of several towns in southern Lebanon say the Israeli military has ordered them to force out the displaced who had escaped their Shia-majority towns, considered Hezbollah strongholds, during the group’s war with Israel.

An India Today report from Sidon, one of Lebanon's oldest cities, reveals how Israel's strategy against Hezbollah is mirroring its Gaza campaign. A bridge bombing on Sunday has disconnected southern Lebanon from the rest of the country,

BEIRUT, Lebanon — Fleeing in the middle of the night, sleeping without blankets in schools-turned-shelters, and struggling to find basic resources.

Israeli forces have expanded ground operations in southern Lebanon after indicating an intent to forcibly displace residents, destroy civilian homes and conduct strikes that could target civilians, Human Rights Watch said today.

Israel has launched a new wave of attacks against Tehran and a top American commander is telling Iranians to remain in shelters for the foreseeable future as the war in the Middle East showed no sign of abating in its fourth week.

Israeli and Hezbollah forces clashed in a close combat gun battle in southern Lebanon over the weekend. The four-hour battle was fought with light and medium machine guns in the streets of the border town Khiam, Asharq Al-Awsat, a London-based Arabic newspaper, reported.