With the help of U.S. and French mediators, Israel and Lebanon held preliminary talks on a potential troop withdrawal and could eventually discuss delineating their long-disputed land border.

Officials say negotiations would also include the future of Israeli military outposts in Lebanon and of Lebanese prisoners ...

Israel has accused Turkey, once a regional ally, of cooperating with Iran in this apparent scheme to rearm Hezbollah. “There is an intensified Iranian effort to smuggle money into Lebanon for ...