‘It’s mayhem’:Can all-out war in Lebanon be prevented?

‘It’s mayhem’:Can all-out war in Lebanon be prevented?

Why has the conflict over the Israel-Lebanon border escalated? How bad is it looking? And what do Iran and the US want to happen?

  • byGemma Grant,Angus Holland andJackson Graham

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Israel planted explosives in pagers that detonated across Lebanon,sources say

Israel planted explosives in pagers that detonated across Lebanon,sources say

The explosions killed nine people and wounding nearly 3000 others,including Hezbollah’s fighters and Iran’s envoy to Beirut.

  • byLaila Bassam andMaya Gebeily
Ward on wrong track on trains blame game

Ward on wrong track on trains blame game

South Coast commuters have been seeing the now five-year-delayed intercity trains run empty,on test,for many months. They are a ghost fleet.

Houthis,Hezbollah and Hamas:Who they are and what they want

Houthis,Hezbollah and Hamas:Who they are and what they want

As Israeli troops raid Lebanon,conflict is spreading again in the Middle East. Who are the key players,and what is the Axis of Resistance?

  • byJackson Graham,Angus Holland andCindy Yin
Despite Obama and Trump,America just proved it’s still the ‘indispensable power’

Despite Obama and Trump,America just proved it’s still the ‘indispensable power’

This multibillion-dollar aid package shores up US friends and allies with priceless support amid existential struggles across three continents.

  • byPeter Hartcher
Silence on atrocities in Gaza no longer an option

Silence on atrocities in Gaza no longer an option

Those of us who are Jewish must not only protest Israel’s profoundly selfish understanding of its right to self-defence,but we must also protest what is a self-inflicted tragedy for not just Israel but the Jewish people in general.

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Safety and a bright future for Walaa’s family after fleeing war-torn Syria
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Safety and a bright future for Walaa’s family after fleeing war-torn Syria

When two-year-old Saad climbs the playground near his Melbourne home,it’s a literal world away from the conflict and danger his parents fled.

  • byCarolyn Webb
Israeli airstrike kills senior Iranian Revolutionary Guards general in Syria

Israeli airstrike kills senior Iranian Revolutionary Guards general in Syria

Sayyed Razi Mousavi was reportedly responsible for co-ordinating the military alliance between Syria and Iran,according to security sources.

  • byLaila Bassam
Trial to decide fate of 11 women and 20 children trapped in Syrian camps

Trial to decide fate of 11 women and 20 children trapped in Syrian camps

Save the Children Australia launched a legal fight earlier this year,raising questions about why some women and children have been allowed to return and not others.

  • byKaren Sweeney
The Ukraine invasion put a spotlight on Putin’s ‘shadow army’. Now its leader is dead. Who are the Wagner Group?

The Ukraine invasion put a spotlight on Putin’s ‘shadow army’. Now its leader is dead. Who are the Wagner Group?

From being covert mercenaries,the group gained a huge public profile,which was then boosted by a coup attempt. Where did Wagner come from and what has been its role in Ukraine?

  • bySherryn Groch
Volunteers provide a measure of care for victims of war and disaster

Volunteers provide a measure of care for victims of war and disaster

Teams of volunteers gathered at Federation Square on Saturday to help prepare meal kits to be sent to people affected by the war in Ukraine and the earthquake that recently hit Turkey and Syria.

  • byMelissa Cunningham