Middle East Minute for August 28, 2020 - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Iran welcomes international officials to visit alleged former nuclear sites. Turkey foils a major Islamic State attack in Istanbul as threats by the radical group grow across the country. And tensions flare between Israel and Hezbollah on Lebanon’s border.

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Lebanon's military chief heads to US amid rising Israel-Hezbollah tension

Beatrice Farhat

Adam Lucente

Beatrice Farhat , Adam Lucente

Israeli security forces leave in a helicopter near a site where a reported strike from Lebanon fell in Majdal Shams village in the Israeli-annexed Golan area on July 27, 2024. Israel's emergency medical service Magen David Adom said at least nine people were killed and 34 wounded including 17 in critical condition, after a rocket fired from Lebanon had hit the town of Majdal Shams in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights. (Photo by Jalaa MAREY / AFP) (Photo by JALAA MAREY/AFP via Getty Images)

Lebanon braces for Israeli response to Hezbollah as US urges restraint

Beatrice Farhat

Adam Lucente

Rina Bassist

Beatrice Farhat , Adam Lucente , Rina Bassist

Saudis organize medical aid to be loaded into a plane as Saudi Arabia begins sending field hospitals and medical aid to Lebanon.

After Qatar's $20M aid to army, Saudi relief agency grants $10M to Lebanon

Beatrice Farhat

Beatrice Farhat

In Beirut, reporting on regional news, culture, conflict

Smoke billows following an Israeli airstrike on the southren Lebanese village of Siddiqin on June 1, 2024, amid ongoing cross-border clashes between Israeli troops and Hezbollah fighters.

Could Gaza cease-fire prevent wider regional war?

Jared Szuba

In Washington, DC, reporting on defense, national security, military