The Pentagon said it is keeping a carrier strike group and an amphibious ready group in the Middle East as tensions soar.

Iran has considered Hezbollah a key proxy against Israel and has armed the militant group for decades. Now there are questions of whether Iran will -- or even can -- respond to Israel's attacks.

There are concerns about rising violence in the Middle East after Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed in Israeli airstrikes on Beirut at the weekend.

A number of embattled Democrats are opposing a proposal led by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) to block the sale of more than $20 billion in weapons transfers to Israel.

Israeli commandos are currently conducting a raid inside southern Lebanon, and there are indications that Israel may send ...

Israeli commandos are currently conducting a raid inside southern Lebanon, and there are indications that Israel may send ...

Israel's limited ground incursion into Lebanon could begin "imminently," according to the U.S. State Department, as Lebanese media reported airstrikes on Hezbollah sites in Beirut's southern suburb, ...

Israel and Hezbollah are exchanging hundreds of cross-border strikes in the wake of the shocking explosions of wireless ...

The boots on the ground represent a new front in the conflict between Lebanon and Israel, and could signal an all-out war.

A Western diplomat told the AP a wider ground operation was “imminent.” The Israeli military did not comment on its plans.

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But so far there are no signs of Israeli armour crossing the border.