At 10,452 sq km (4,036 sq miles), Lebanon is about the size of Puerto Rico, Cyprus or The Gambia. The Middle Eastern country ...

Israel says it has begun an invasion of southern Lebanon after two weeks of attacks that Lebanese authorities say have killed more than 1,000 people and forced up to a million to flee their homes.

For a year, Israeli armed forces and the Lebanese Hezbollah have exchanged fire across the Lebanon-Israel border. What began as localized skirmishes has now spread further afield. Neither side has ...