Links to reports from Middle East Eye and National Public Radio; others are accessible by clicking on its name or initials. (Scroll up or down for UKRAINE, WEST BANK, GAZA and IRAN, and down for LEBANON 6-10-26.) — MCM

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Israel launches attacks on Lebanon’s Baalbek, Nabatieh. From Middle East Eye. The Israeli army targeted areas in the Baalbek region, about 80 kilometers away from the Israeli boundary with Lebanon. Elsewhere. . . READ MORE . . .

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How Israel is cementing its presence in Lebanon and Syria, by Daniel Hilton, Adam Chamseddine,  Levent Kemal and Reem Aouir | Middle East Eye  LONDON / BEIRUT / ANKARA / MANCHESTER, England — With its sweeping panoramas of south Lebanon and flags rising over 1,000-year-old battlements, the footage Israel released last week of its troops seizing Beaufort Castle was intended to provoke awe and anger. READ MORE . . .

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FROM JUNE 10  Israel orders evacuation of Tyre’s last safe neighborhood as strikes intensify. Reported by Jane Arraf | NPR  In Lebanon, Israeli airstrikes are emptying parts of an ancient city, but for residents too old or too sick to flee, staying behind is the only option. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.

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