US in 'negotiations' at UN meetings over Lebanon solution

Washington is conducting negotiations on the security developments between Lebanon and Israel on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly, sources have told Sky News Arabia.

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Al-Mayadeen journalist killed in Israeli airstrike in south Lebanon

A journalist working for the pan-Arab network Al-Mayadeen was killed in Israeli airstrikes while he was at his home in southern Lebanon, the network said Tuesday.

Hadi Al-Sayyed, 22, is the third journalist from the network killed in the ongoing conflict between the Israeli military and Lebanon's militant Hezbollah group. The network said he was wounded on Monday and died of his wounds on Tuesday.

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Kremlin says Lebanon escalation risks 'complete destabilization of region'

The Kremlin said Tuesday that the escalation of the conflict between Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah risked completely destabilizing the region.

"It is, of course, an event that is potentially very dangerous," risking expansion of the zone of the conflict and "complete destabilization of the region", Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists.

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'Tens of thousands' of southern Lebanese find shelters farther north

Lebanese families displaced from villages farther south slept in shelters hastily set up in schools in Beirut and the coastal city of Sidon. Some who did not find shelter elsewhere slept in cars and parks and on the seaside corniche.

Monday’s heavy bombardment sent thousands fleeing from south Lebanon. Hotels in Beirut were quickly booked to capacity and apartments in the mountains surrounding the capital were snapped up by families seeking safe accommodations.

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Iraq seeks Arab meeting at UN General Assembly over Israel raids on Lebanon

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani has called for an urgent meeting of Arab leaders on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly after Israel intensified its strikes on Lebanon.

Iraq "calls on and works to convene an urgent meeting of the leaders of Arab delegations... to review the repercussions of the Zionist (Israeli) aggression on our peaceful people in Lebanon and to work jointly to stop its criminal behavior", Sudani said in a statement on Monday.

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France requests emergency UN Security Council meeting on Lebanon

France has requested an emergency U.N. Security Council meeting to discuss Lebanon after Israel launched a major cross-border attack following nearly a year of clashes with Hezbollah.

"I have requested that an emergency meeting of the Security Council be held on Lebanon this week," French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot told the United Nations General Assembly on Monday, calling on all sides to "avoid a regional conflagration that would be devastating for everyone," especially civilians.

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Iran president says Hezbollah 'cannot stand alone' against Israel

Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian said Tuesday that its ally Hezbollah "cannot stand alone" against Israel, which killed nearly 500 people in Lebanon the previous day in its deadliest bombardment since 2006.

"Hebzollah cannot stand alone against a country that is being defended and supported and supplied by Western countries, by European countries and the United States," Pezeshkian said in an interview with CNN translated from Farsi to English.

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G7 says 'no country stands to gain' from Middle East escalation

G7 nations have warned that "no country stands to gain from a further escalation in the Middle East," as world leaders gathered in New York for the annual U.N. General Assembly.

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Is all-out war inevitable? The view from Israel and Lebanon

The relentless exchanges of fire between Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah of recent days have stoked fears the longtime foes are moving inexorably towards all-out war, despite international appeals for restraint.

AFP correspondents in Jerusalem and Beirut talked to officials and analysts who told them what the opposing sides hope to achieve by ramping up their attacks and whether there is any way out.

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Netanyahu sees aim of Lebanon attack to cut 'Hezbollah from war with Hamas'

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Israel's security cabinet on Monday that Israel's aim in its military operations in Lebanon is to cut “Hezbollah from the war with Hamas,” an Israeli official told CNN.

The same official said the cabinet has agreed to continue to raise the level of military operations every day. Israel is aware of the risks, the source said, and is ready to stop at any moment. “It is up to Hezbollah,” the source said.

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