Lebanon's Sunni leader and former Prime Minister Saad Hariri, who suspended his political activity more than three years ago, made a comeback Friday.

"The IDF struck military targets in southern Syria, including command centers and multiple sites containing weapons, over the past few hours," the Israeli Defense Force posted on X.

The flyover during Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah’s funeral, and the warnings this week by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, reflects Israel’s concerns over its borders with both Lebanon and Syria.

"Lebanon has a new government, Syria has a new government, Israel still has plans for reshaping the Middle East," Engel said. "So, I think right now we're going to get another historic period of flux.

Over the last 15 years, the Middle East has been racked by war, destruction, and displacement. Hundreds of thousands of people have died as fighting raged in Gaza, Lebanon, Libya, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen.

Israel confirmed it is conducting strikes in southern Syria, as the new Syrian government calls for the full withdrawal of Israeli forces from Syrian territory. "We will not allow southern Syria to become southern Lebanon,

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The Israeli military vowed to "prevent any attempt by the Hezbollah terrorist organization to rebuild its forces."

The Trump administration’s Middle East envoy also said that Lebanon and Syria could join the Abraham Accords U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff speaks during the FII Priority Summit in Miami Beach,

The Media Line's intrepid correspondents are in Israel, Gaza, Lebanon, Syria and Pakistan providing first-person reporting. [Damascus] The Justice Ministry in Syria’s transitional government has referred 87 judges from the country’s now-defunct Terrorism Court to the Judicial Inspection Department for investigation into potential disciplinary and legal violations.

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Netanyahu never would have considered extending Israel’s protection to the Syrian Druze. That he is doing so now underscores how much has changed.