Lebanese armed forces were deploying to several more villages in southern Lebanon on Monday, shortly after an announcement that a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah was being extended until ...

But on Friday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said that Lebanese armed forces had yet to deploy and assert control over the areas, as part of the ceasefire agreement.

“The Lebanese Armed Forces must be strengthened as a pillar of sovereignty," Macron said in a joint press conference with his Lebanese counterpart in the capital Beirut. This is Macron’s first ...