Lebanese Prime Minister's Press Office/AFP A US envoy said he was in Beirut Tuesday because he saw "a real opportunity" to end the Israel-Hezbollah war, with the Lebanese group announcing then postponing a speech by its leader shortly after. On September ...

US envoy Amos Hochstein arrived in Beirut in a bid to secure a cease-fire deal between Israel and Hezbollah, as the Lebanese group approved a new proposal to halt the hostilities, with some comments.

An Israeli airstrike killed five people in central Beirut on Monday, Lebanon's health ministry said, the second day in a row Israel has hit a target within the capital as it presses its campaign against Iran-backed armed group Hezbollah.