The Chief of Staff of the Israel Defence Forces warned that "the probability of war" in Lebanon is at an all-time high after the latest series of missile attacks between the IDF and Hezbollah

The decision to monopolize arms exclusively in hands of the Lebanese state is “irreversible” President Joseph Aoun has said, noting that “it will be implemented patiently, in a manner that preserves Lebanon’s unity and prevents harm to civil peace”

US envoy Tom Barrack’s visit to Lebanon opened the “window of diplomacy”; a tense atmosphere had preceded his arrival in Beirut, where he received the official Lebanese response to a three-point paper with a path leading to Hezbollah’s disarmament

An intensification of Israeli military activity in Lebanon, with escalating use of airstrikes, drone warfare, trategic signaling was registered this June and culminated in the 27 June seismic missile engagements targeting Nabatieh and Kfartibnit

"Beirut, I'm Back", Magda Chaaban's solo exhibition celebrating the city's renewal will open on 12 June at Rebirth Beirut's cultural space in Gemmayze; June has a thick calendar of concerts, theatre plays and festivals celebrating the 'spring' of the city