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Israel expected to oppose Macron plan for European force to replace UNIFIL, source tells 'Post'

The French initiative is moving forward as Macron confronts growing political, economic, and social turmoil at home.

NOVEMBER 10, 2026|ByIDAN KWELLER

Head of Mission and Force Commander of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) Major General Diodato Abagnara of the Italian Army reviews the troops at the UNIFIL base, near Mansouri, Southern Lebanon, September 19, 2026.

French President Emmanuel Macron visits Lebanon, September 2020

Macron undermined Israel and defied the US, then asked for a Lebanon role - comment

France failed at the one job that it had: to earn the trust of the party it claims to want to help reach peace. And now it can't get the role of brokering peace talks.

APRIL 10, 2026|ByZVIKA KLEIN

People react at the scene where a rocket, fired from Lebanon, damaged a residential apartment building when it landed in Israel, amid hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel, in Kiryat Yam, northern Israel, October 8, 2024.

IDF: As northern security improves, need to discuss practicalities of residents returning to border

For much of the war, 60,000 displaced residents of the North slammed the government for forgetting them while the country's attention focused on Gaza, the South, and the hostages.

OCTOBER 8, 2024|ByYONAH JEREMY BOB

French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna attends a joint news conference with Azerbaijan's Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov in Baku, Azerbaijan April 27, 2023.

French FM: Lebanon must work to prevent war with Israel

Israel and Hezbollah fighters have been trading fire along the frontier on an almost daily basis since the war in Gaza erupted more than two months ago, in the worst hostilities since 2006.

DECEMBER 17, 2023|ByTOVAH LAZAROFF

Has Hezbollah defeated France in Lebanon?

France had wanted to reduce the sectarian nature of the government, but Hezbollah has increased its clout in recent years.

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020BySETH J. FRANTZMAN

French President Emmanuel Macron and Lebanon's President Michel Aoun wear face masks as they arrives to attend a meeting at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon September 1, 2020.

Lebanon's Hezbollah accuses US of obstructing government formation

Hezbollah, a Shi'ite Muslim movement backed by Iran that Washington deems a terrorist group, is one of the parties at the heart of a dispute that has complicated the process.

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020ByREUTERS

A man rides a motorbike past a picture of Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, near Sidon.

France’s strategy for the Middle East lacks direction and clarity

France has led the fight against the EU taking action against Hezbollah, even though Hezbollah was caught stockpiling ammonium nitrate in Europe.

AUGUST 12, 2020ByJUDAH WAXELBAUM

French President Emmanuel Macron at the scene of the explosion at Beirut Port, August 2020

France: Turkey and Iran are violating international law in Syria

Iran is a key ally of the Syrian government in the seven-year civil war and it says it has no intention of withdrawing unless Syria requested it do so.

FEBRUARY 7, 2018ByREUTERS

UN chemical weapons experts inspect alleged chemical samples from an attack in Syria, 2013

Lebanon's Hariri leaves Saudi Arabia for France

Hariri's abrupt resignation while he was in Saudi Arabia and his continued stay there caused fears over Lebanon's stability.

NOVEMBER 18, 2017ByREUTERS

CARS PASS next to a poster depicting Saad Hariri in Beirut earlier this week. Hariri resigned as Lebanon’s prime minister on November 4

Should there be a new push to outlaw all of Hezbollah in the EU?

To stop Hezbollah’s terrorism across the globe, particularly in Syria where the group has played an important role in the deaths of nearly 500,000 people, the EU will have to reconsider.

JUNE 13, 2016ByBENJAMIN WEINTHAL