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Arcs in and about Lebanon from the outlets we track, each followed from its first story to its last, with who covered it.

Place · 683 stories · 6,030 articles · earliest story we hold Feb 29, 2016

Right nowactive arcs, newest development first

All arcs7 named arcs in 2026

Year: changes this list, the board and the stories below.

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Active · 4

Gone quiet · 3

On a timeline

every arc in 2026 at its own dates · opens on month
Sep 1 – Sep 30, 20261 arc shown · 3 more this September
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  • A mark is a story, on the day it was first reported
  • Who covered it: left, center, right
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Israel's 2026 war with Hezbollah and its first direct talks with Lebanon

6 of 66 stories this September

Israel frees 4 more Lebanese prisoners in a deal tied to missing Jews from Lebanon’s civil war · 24 articles, Sep 3Months after ceasefire, Israel and Hezbollah battle over a strategic hill in Lebanon · 8 articles, Sep 4Israeli airstrikes on Lebanese village kill 12, plus other key Mideast developments · 58 articles, Sep 4Israel destroys Hezbollah tunnel network in south Lebanon, triggering 4.1-magnitude tremor · 15 articles, Sep 10Residents of southern Lebanon gather to watch Israeli drones drop explosives on their village · 8 articles, Sep 11Lebanon: Macron, Aoun and King Abdullah II hold security talks in Paris · 13 articles, Sep 17
The US-Iran war: strikes and their immediate aftermath · Jan 9 – Sep 25, 2026The US-Iran war: ceasefire and peace negotiations · Jan 12 – Sep 30, 2026The US-Iran war: passage through the Strait of Hormuz · Feb 17 – Sep 28, 2026

Coverage over timeindependent sources per week, by side, every year we hold

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Every week as a table
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Feb 29, 20160101
Oct 2, 2023193012214
Oct 9, 2023193914258
Oct 16, 2023327020483
Oct 23, 202315266129
Oct 30, 2023153513190
Nov 6, 202311236105
Nov 13, 2023254815332
Nov 20, 2023235615293
Dec 4, 20234109
Dec 18, 2023129545
Dec 25, 202347424
Jan 1, 202421429235
Jan 8, 2024233910226
Jan 15, 2024234413255
Jan 22, 20242208
Jan 29, 202433113
Feb 5, 20243117
Feb 12, 202436428
Feb 19, 202447130
Feb 26, 2024714548
Mar 4, 202477546
Mar 11, 2024816668
Mar 18, 20240519
Mar 25, 20241212677
Apr 1, 2024245417304
Apr 8, 2024518654
Apr 15, 202454114
Apr 22, 2024317480
Apr 29, 202417525
May 6, 20240104
May 13, 20249201184
May 20, 2024184215201
May 27, 202462213
Jun 3, 202414289142
Jun 10, 2024813872
Jun 17, 202499756
Jun 24, 202410259122
Jul 1, 202477539
Jul 8, 202435212
Jul 15, 2024182610142
Jul 22, 202414226103
Jul 29, 2024294817300
Aug 5, 20243126
Aug 12, 202447232
Aug 19, 2024152211109
Aug 26, 202410246101
Sep 2, 202457337
Sep 9, 2024424377
Sep 16, 2024378427621
Sep 23, 20243110626785
Sep 30, 2024349028708
Oct 7, 2024224513261
Oct 14, 2024233822251
Oct 21, 2024203819233
Oct 28, 2024202911167
Nov 4, 20241026899
Nov 11, 2024153813189
Nov 18, 2024132510116
Nov 25, 2024255924338
Dec 2, 2024517447
Dec 9, 2024922880
Jan 6, 20251013750
Jan 13, 202508632
Jan 20, 20251120884
Jan 27, 2025416758
Feb 3, 20251112861
Feb 17, 20251013562
Mar 10, 20251307
Mar 17, 202511181094
Mar 24, 202557228
Mar 31, 2025152414120
Apr 14, 202503418
Apr 28, 20251001
May 19, 20252208
Jun 2, 20252104
Jun 9, 202517217
Jun 30, 20251214
Jul 7, 20251215
Jul 14, 20250112
Jul 21, 20252208
Aug 4, 202504917
Aug 18, 202518419
Aug 25, 202592418135
Sep 1, 20252103
Sep 8, 20251211339
Sep 15, 202567019
Sep 22, 202525011
Sep 29, 202523213
Oct 6, 202546323
Oct 27, 20250206
Nov 3, 20252329
Nov 17, 202512229101
Nov 24, 2025112812131
Dec 1, 2025915653
Dec 15, 20250217
Dec 22, 202505020
Dec 29, 2025413354
Jan 5, 202602211
Jan 12, 202612712
Feb 9, 20261001
Feb 16, 20260011
Feb 23, 20265171049
Mar 2, 2026195825376
Mar 9, 2026122315122
Mar 16, 2026173612189
Mar 23, 2026681035
Mar 30, 20262121251
Apr 6, 2026163420302
Apr 13, 2026243818344
Apr 20, 20268171092
Apr 27, 202663112
May 4, 202646421
May 11, 20261214
May 25, 2026611550
Jun 1, 2026122612142
Jun 8, 202691814100
Jun 15, 2026123317235
Jun 22, 202669960
Jun 29, 20261011959
Jul 6, 202623112
Jul 13, 2026411672
Jul 20, 2026347343786
Jul 27, 2026273937425
Aug 3, 2026132914192
Aug 10, 202682015103
Aug 17, 2026611676
Aug 24, 20265171082
Aug 31, 2026195117317
Sep 7, 2026235119292
Sep 14, 2026141721107
Sep 21, 2026316228434
Sep 28, 2026143522170

Stories before June 28, 2026 come from archived pages, so who covered them is limited to the outlets we recovered for that period.

Everything else39 stories in 2026 not part of any arc, newest first

Stories about Lebanon that are not part of any arc yet

  1. Aug 15– 18Qatar rejects Iran’s ‘false’ claims about missing pilots13 articles · 9 independent sources
    2 left, 3 center, 1 right
  2. Aug 12Lebanon passes a controversial general amnesty law8 articles · 8 independent sources
    1 left, 1 center, 0 right
  3. Aug 11– 13NYPD denies security detail for Mamdani's wife's Middle East trip10 articles · 9 independent sources
    0 left, 0 center, 9 right
  4. Aug 11– 14Lebanese Parliament votes to abolish the death penalty14 articles · 11 independent sources
    1 left, 3 center, 1 right
  5. May 24– 27Israel fires more than 120 airstrikes at Lebanon and says it is escalating offensive7 articles · 6 independent sources
    2 left, 1 center, 1 right
  6. Jan 13Trump admin labels Muslim Brotherhood branches in Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt as terrorist organizations15 articles · 14 independent sources
    1 left, 2 center, 7 right

Stories that name Lebanon

  1. Sep 30Israel probes if FlyDubai pilot stabbing was attempted terror attack174 articles · 80 independent sources
    14 left, 32 center, 18 right
  2. Sep 15– 16Dartmouth Health lays off 124 employees, cuts 303 positions5 articles · 5 independent sources
    2 left, 2 center, 1 right
  3. Sep 15– 17Trump administration preparing a $2.8 billion munitions sale to Israel including tens of thousands of 2,000-pound bombs67 articles · 43 independent sources
    10 left, 11 center, 9 right
  4. Sep 7– 14Houthis target Saudi base as Iran denies involvement in Yemen war265 articles · 73 independent sources
    19 left, 39 center, 17 right
  5. Sep 7– 11Iran war costs US households $860 more in higher energy prices, economist says15 articles · 15 independent sources
    1 left, 2 center, 3 right
  6. Sep 4– 5An Israeli release, a shipping slowdown and other Mideast news5 articles · 5 independent sources
    0 left, 3 center, 0 right
  7. Aug 1US embassies urge citizens to consider departing Middle East4 articles · 3 independent sources
    0 left, 1 center, 1 right
  8. Jul 29– 31Man convicted in terrorism trial over the 2022 stabbing of author Salman Rushdie50 articles · 39 independent sources
    5 left, 9 center, 7 right
  9. Jul 27– 28Cracker Barrel CEO steps down a year after logo debacle111 articles · 58 independent sources
    4 left, 6 center, 15 right
  10. Jul 26– 28German investigators find apparent motive after Berlin Pride attack13 articles · 11 independent sources
    0 left, 3 center, 3 right

Local coverage

  1. Aug 18– 20Lebanon extradites ex-Assad general to Syria for trial over alleged crimes8 articles · 6 independent sources
    0 left, 3 center, 0 right
  2. Aug 8– 9Lebanon detains Assad-era general and weighs his handover to Syria over alleged crimes5 articles · 5 independent sources
    1 left, 1 center, 0 right
  3. Jul 29Biggest sources of immigrants to Johnstown40 articles · 4 independent sources
    2 left, 1 center, 1 right
  4. Mar 16– 17War rages on multiple fronts as Israeli attacks in Lebanon grow, Iran shipping stranglehold persists6 articles · 3 independent sources
    0 left, 3 center, 0 right
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