The ceasefire is a major step toward ending nearly 14 months of fighting sparked by the ongoing war in Gaza between Israel and Hamas.

A ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon took effect on Wednesday after more than a year of fighting that has killed thousands of people. The truce, which began at 4 a.m., should bring to a halt a war that has forced tens of thousands of people in Israel and…

Questions remain over whether a truce can bring lasting stability to the volatile Lebanon-Israel border, writes Firas Maksad.

BEIRUT: A ceasefire between Israel and Iran-backed group Hezbollah came into effect on Wednesday (Nov 27) after both sides accepted an agreement brokered by the US and Fran

Lebanon PM urges international community ‘act swiftly’ to halt Israeli aggression

Israel’s security Cabinet approved the ceasefire agreement late Tuesday after it was presented by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his office said.

The Israeli Cabinet has approved on Tuesday the ceasefire agreement in Lebanon.

Israel and Hezbollah, the Lebanon-based militant group, have reached a 60-day ceasefire agreement, marking a potential pause in hostilities after months of intense conflict. The deal, announced on Tuesday, includes provisions for Hezbollah fighters to retreat 40 kilometres from Israel’s border, while Israeli ground forces will withdraw from Lebanese territory. US President Joe Biden said […]

Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire aims to end Lebanon strikes, but Gaza war continues with devastating casualties on both sides.

WASHINGTON: A ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah will t

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres welcomes the announcement of a ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon, his spokesman said in a statement.

JERUSALEM, ISRAELI | Xinhua | Israel’s security cabinet approved on Tuesday night a ceasefire agreement with Hezbollah, the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office said in a statement. Israel’s state-owned Kan TV News reported that the ceasefire, brokered by the United States and France, was expected to take effect on Wednesday at 4 a.m. local time (0200 GMT) …

A ceasefire deal at the border of Israel and Lebanon leaves Hamas out in the cold, and spells more bad news for Gazans, says Carl Skadian from the NUS Middle East Institute.

Trump’s team was quick to claim credit for the rare spot of good news for a Democratic administration that’s been dragged down by the grinding Mideast conflict.

The US and France brokered the agreement, which will see hostilities suspended for 60 days

BEIRUT: Israel and Hezbollah implemented a ceasefire on Wednesday (Nov 27) as part of a United States-proposed deal for a 60-day truce to end more than a year of hostilities.  The text of the deal has not been published. US President Joe Biden announced the deal, saying it was designed to be a permane

The deal came into effect overnight.

Israel has mounted waves of airstrikes on Beirut as its security cabinet is meeting to discuss a US ceasefire plan.

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has called the impending ceasefire a “big mistake.”

Thousands of people have begun returning to their homes in southern Lebanon after a ceasefire deal was agreed between Hezbollah and Israel.

The leaders met on Monday evening and expressed fierce resistance to the agreement.

The Biden administration kept President-elect Donald Trump's incoming administration closely apprised of its efforts to broker the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hezbollah that took effect early Wednesday, according to the outgoing Democratic administration. Trump’s team, meanwhile, was quick to spike the football and claim credit for the rare spot of good news for a Democratic administration that's been dragged down by the grinding Mideast conflict. “Everyone is coming to the table because of President Trump,” Florida Rep. Mike Waltz, Trump’s choice for his national security adviser, said in a post on X on Tuesday, shortly before the Israel Cabinet signed off on the agreement.

Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon initiated a ceasefire on Wednesday, ending nearly 14 months of intense fighting that brought the region closer to an all-out war

BEIRUT: A ceasefire proposal agreed to by Lebanon and Israel stipulates that only "official military and security forces" in Lebanon are authorised to carry arms in the cou

The truce brokered by the United States and France took effect on Wednesday (Nov 27), with US President Joe Biden saying it was “designed to be a permanent cessation of hostilities”.

India welcomed the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hezbollah and hoped for stability in the wider region.

Under the Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire agreement which took effect today, the Jewish nation will gradually withdraw its forces over 60 days as Lebanon's army takes control of territory near the countries' border.

Obama-Biden officials pressured our Israeli allies into accepting the ceasefire by withholding weapons, and by threatening a binding international arms embargo through the United Nations.

The Lebanon ceasefire is the fulfillment of a key campaign promise by President-elect Donald Trump to Arab and Muslim voters.

Israel’s military has killed nearly all of the militant group’s top leaders.