Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Tuesday, April 15, 2025Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz. Some key things to watch today:Lebanon declared three days of national mourning starting Monday, April 21, in homage to Pope Francis.Israeli drone targeted and bombed a car traveling near Baaouerta, in the Aley district of Mount Lebanon, less than 20 kilometers south of Beirut. Hezbollah chief grandstanding belies readiness to discuss disarmament: Hezbollah’s Secretary General Naim Qassem, in a Friday address responding to hawkish rhetoric on the party’s disarmament, reaffirmed its willingness to bilaterally discuss its weapons with President Joseph Aoun, conditional on the end of Israel’s occupation of southern Lebanon and cross-country attacks. Israel bombarded several areas across Nabatieh on Sunday after having killed four...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Tuesday, April 15, 2025Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz. Some key things to watch today:Lebanon declared three days of national mourning starting Monday, April 21, in homage to Pope Francis.Israeli drone targeted and bombed a car traveling near Baaouerta, in the Aley district of Mount Lebanon, less than 20 kilometers south of Beirut. Hezbollah chief grandstanding belies readiness to discuss disarmament: Hezbollah’s Secretary General Naim Qassem, in a Friday address responding to hawkish rhetoric on the party’s disarmament, reaffirmed its willingness to bilaterally discuss its weapons with President Joseph Aoun, conditional on the end of Israel’s occupation of southern Lebanon and cross-country attacks. Israel bombarded several areas across Nabatieh on Sunday after having ...